PNR vs. IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, SWK, LECO, and WWD
Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Woodward (WWD). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Pentair has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Pentair. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pentair and Pentair both had 7 articles in the media. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.94 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.30% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.85%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.16% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand received 87 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pentair pays out 24.5% 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.
Pentair presently has a consensus price target of $89.93, indicating a potential upside of 10.51%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $95.82, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Given Pentair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pentair is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
Summary
Pentair beats Ingersoll Rand on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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