Snap-on (SNA) Competitors

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

Is SNA or IR a better dividend stock?

Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Snap-on pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% 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 raised 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SNA or IR?

Snap-on has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snap-on	$4.67B	3.62	$1.04B	$19.10	16.92
Ingersoll Rand	$7.28B	4.50	$838.60M	$2.02	40.21

Which has more volatility & risk, SNA or IR?

Snap-on has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SNA or IR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snap-on	21.71%	19.20%	13.13%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SNA or IR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snap-on	Outperform Votes 381 61.65%	Underperform Votes 237 38.35%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 739 61.74%	Underperform Votes 458 38.26%

Does the media favor SNA or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 8 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 25 mentions for Snap-on. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Snap-on's score of 0.50 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snap-on	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingersoll Rand	24 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SNA or IR?

Snap-on presently has a consensus price target of $350.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 21.77%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Snap-on.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snap-on	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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 Snap-on on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.