SNA vs. IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, PNR, GGG, NDSN, SWK, ITT, and LECO
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), IDEX (IEX), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ITT (ITT), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Snap-on shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 $7.44 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 39.0% 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 14 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $98.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Snap-on has a consensus price target of $315.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.24%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Snap-on is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
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.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.90% compared to Snap-on's net margin of 11.85%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 19.90% beat Snap-on's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand received 349 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.55% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Snap-on had 13 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Snap-on and 24 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.33 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand and Snap-on tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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