ITT vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, WWD, IEX, NDSN, and RBC
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
ITT vs. Its Competitors
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
ITT has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. ITT's return on equity of 18.03% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. ITT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ITT had 11 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ITT and 3 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ITT's score of 1.12 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. ITT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $98.91, indicating a potential upside of 18.89%. ITT has a consensus target price of $165.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than ITT.
Ingersoll Rand received 271 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats ITT on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ITT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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