NYSE:IR - Ingersoll-Rand Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ingersoll-Rand trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IR."

Ingersoll-Rand declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Ingersoll-Rand's Dividend History.

Ingersoll-Rand announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 3rd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.08. The industrial products company earned $4.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.30 billion. Ingersoll-Rand had a return on equity of 21.72% and a net margin of 8.38%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.75 earnings per share. View Ingersoll-Rand's Earnings History.

Ingersoll-Rand is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ingersoll-Rand.

Ingersoll-Rand will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ingersoll-Rand issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ~$6.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.38.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ingersoll-Rand's shares. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Ingersoll-Rand's share price to reach $136.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ingersoll-Rand.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ingersoll-Rand in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ingersoll-Rand.

News coverage about IR stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ingersoll-Rand earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ingersoll-Rand.

Ingersoll-Rand saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,610,000 shares, an increase of 13.5% from the November 28th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ingersoll-Rand's Current Options Chain.

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Ingersoll-Rand's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.19%), PGGM Investments (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.11%), Country Trust Bank (0.09%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.04%). Company insiders that own Ingersoll-Rand stock include Christopher J Kuehn, David S Regnery, Evan M Turtz, Jared L Cohon, Keith A Sultana, Marcia J Avedon, Michael W Lamach, Paul A Camuti and Susan K Carter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ingersoll-Rand.

IR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hexavest Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, United Services Automobile Association and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Ingersoll-Rand company stock in the last year include Christopher J Kuehn, David S Regnery, Evan M Turtz, Jared L Cohon, Keith A Sultana, Marcia J Avedon, Michael W Lamach, Paul A Camuti and Susan K Carter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ingersoll-Rand.

IR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Private Trust Co. NA, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Merit Financial Group LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Diversified Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ingersoll-Rand.

Shares of IR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $133.92.

Ingersoll-Rand has a market capitalization of $31.92 billion and generates $15.67 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.61 on an earnings per share basis. Ingersoll-Rand employs 49,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ingersoll-Rand.

The official website for Ingersoll-Rand is http://www.company.ingersollrand.com/.

Ingersoll-Rand's mailing address is 170/175 LAKEVIEW DRIVE AIRSIDE BUSINESS PARK SWORDS, DUBLIN L2, 28036. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 353-01-870-7400 or via email at [email protected]