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Pentair (PNR) Competitors

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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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
739
61.74%
Underperform Votes
458
38.26%
PentairOutperform Votes
668
57.59%
Underperform Votes
492
42.41%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand11.59% 12.78% 7.45%
Pentair 15.32%20.94%11.05%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingersoll Rand$7.28B4.47$838.60M$2.0239.91
Pentair$4.08B3.90$625.40M$3.8724.98

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Pentair
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pentair
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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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PNR vs. The Competition

MetricPentairSpecial industry machinery, except metalworking machinery IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.92B$8.15B$24.24B$19.20B
Dividend Yield1.02%0.75%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio25.8720.9732.7234.29
Price / Sales3.903.97271.0734.43
Price / Cash18.7722.6330.9317.51
Price / Book4.483.515.374.67
Net Income$625.40M$397.48M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.39%-3.36%-1.30%-2.80%
1 Month Performance10.16%8.15%15.29%5.82%
1 Year Performance17.15%-1.67%18.79%5.41%

Pentair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNR
Pentair
4.6054 of 5 stars
$96.68
-1.0%
$107.14
+10.8%
+16.1%$15.92B$4.08B25.8711,200Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8957 of 5 stars
$83.51
-0.6%
$98.91
+18.4%
-15.7%$33.69B$7.28B40.5417,000Positive News
Insider Trade
XYL
Xylem
4.407 of 5 stars
$127.97
0.0%
$146.88
+14.8%
-13.8%$31.14B$8.60B34.9617,800Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.655 of 5 stars
$186.33
-0.2%
$207.75
+11.5%
-4.1%$25.55B$7.73B9.5825,000
SNA
Snap-on
4.1053 of 5 stars
$331.84
+0.0%
$350.83
+5.7%
+16.3%$17.35B$4.67B17.0212,900Ex-Dividend
GGG
Graco
3.885 of 5 stars
$87.02
-0.3%
$93.00
+6.9%
+1.8%$14.54B$2.15B30.864,000
IEX
IDEX
4.3991 of 5 stars
$189.80
-0.2%
$212.50
+12.0%
-16.9%$14.34B$3.28B28.548,870Positive News
WWD
Woodward
3.7098 of 5 stars
$213.59
+1.8%
$195.00
-8.7%
+13.0%$12.68B$3.36B35.788,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5484 of 5 stars
$153.58
+0.4%
$164.86
+7.3%
+7.1%$12.09B$3.63B24.3810,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RBC
RBC Bearings
2.1051 of 5 stars
$377.69
+2.6%
$360.20
-4.6%
+22.2%$11.86B$1.61B51.883,550Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NDSN
Nordson
4.5713 of 5 stars
$204.45
-0.4%
$250.20
+22.4%
-19.4%$11.64B$2.67B26.017,330News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:PNR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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