ITT vs. IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, PNR, NDSN, SWK, and LECO
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
ITT currently has a consensus target price of $138.38, suggesting a potential upside of 4.14%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $95.82, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given ITT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
ITT has a net margin of 12.41% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.85%. ITT's return on equity of 18.21% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
In the previous week, ITT had 2 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ITT and 8 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ITT's score of 0.41 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. ITT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITT pays out 25.1% 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.
91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ITT has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand received 271 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats ITT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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