SNA vs. IR, XYL, DOV, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, NDSN, ITT, and RBC
Should you be buying Snap-on stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap-on include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Snap-on vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Snap-on had 22 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Snap-on and 3 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Snap-on's score of 0.68 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 18.08%. Snap-on has a consensus target price of $350.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Snap-on.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.20% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 44.8% 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. Snap-on has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Snap-on has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingersoll Rand. Snap-on 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 received 358 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Snap-on shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Snap-on on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SNA) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
