ITT (ITT) Competitors

ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITT or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 275 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITT	Outperform Votes 462 57.75%	Underperform Votes 338 42.25%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, ITT or IR?

ITT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITT or IR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITT	14.27%	18.03%	10.44%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Does the media refer more to ITT or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 5 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 21 mentions for ITT. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat ITT's score of 0.98 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITT	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ITT or IR?

91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ITT or IR a better dividend stock?

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITT pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ITT or IR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITT	$3.63B	3.06	$518.30M	$6.30	21.75
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.20	$838.60M	$2.06	36.60

Do analysts rate ITT or IR?

ITT currently has a consensus price target of $158.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.73%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than ITT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats ITT on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.