PNR vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, RBC, and NDSN
Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Pentair vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Ingersoll Rand received 71 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.94% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Pentair. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 22.70%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $107.14, suggesting a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Pentair.
In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 13 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 20 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.23 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% 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%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 25.8% 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. Pentair has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand and Pentair tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PNR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
