Ingersoll Rand Inc. (IR) vs Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK)

Ingersoll Rand Inc. and Rockwell Automation, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Rockwell Automation, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $48.1B against $29.0B — 1.7× the size. Ingersoll Rand Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 31.1× against 40.7×. Rockwell Automation, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against 7.85%. Rockwell Automation, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.4% vs 12.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs 6.48%). Both pay a dividend; Rockwell Automation, Inc. yields more (1.82% vs 0.05%). Across the 23 metrics below, Ingersoll Rand Inc. leads on 13 and Rockwell Automation, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 31.05 40.69 29.62
P/S 3.73 5.38 2.77
P/B 2.90 13.80 3.04
Price to free cash flow 24.23 32.07 23.81
EV/EBITDA 16.81 25.18 16.05
EV/Sales 4.19 5.61 2.94
Earnings yield 3.22% 2.46% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 4.13% 3.12% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.82% 49.09% 35.90%
Operating margin 18.08% 16.19% 11.22%
Net margin 12.08% 13.36% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 15.42% 16.76% 9.51%
Return on equity 9.40% 33.66% 11.10%
Return on assets 5.29% 10.76% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 6.48% 14.71% 5.37%

Growth

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.85% 11.31% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (29.61%) (7.37%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.00% 5.68% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (3.26%) 5.04%

Health

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.47 0.74 0.35
Current ratio 1.62 1.08 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 1.84 1.32 1.32

Dividend

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.05% 1.82% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.38 0.17

Size

Metric IR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 29.01b 48.14b 1.97b

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