RBC Bearings (RBC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings currently has a consensus price target of $354.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.80%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has more risk & volatility, RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RBC or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, 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
RBC Bearings	$1.61B	6.40	$209.90M	$7.28	45.13
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.20	$838.60M	$2.06	36.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBC or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 489 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 248 55.98%	Underperform Votes 195 44.02%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RBC or IR?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor RBC or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 15 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 14 mentions for RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat RBC Bearings' score of 1.28 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RBC or IR a better dividend stock?

RBC Bearings pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. RBC Bearings pays out 18.1% 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.

Is RBC or IR more profitable?

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 14.59% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBC Bearings	14.59%	10.06%	6.11%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats RBC Bearings on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.