NDSN vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, and RBC
Should you be buying Nordson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordson include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Nordson vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 40.1% 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. Nordson has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Nordson has a net margin of 16.93% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.28% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. Nordson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nordson had 37 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Nordson and 11 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Nordson's score of 0.75 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand received 280 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $98.91, indicating a potential upside of 22.15%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $253.17, indicating a potential upside of 19.32%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Nordson.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Nordson on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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