Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, diversified industrial company Ingersoll-Rand (TT 0.97%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Ingersoll-Rand, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Ingersoll-Rand facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Dublin, Ireland (1905) |
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Market Cap |
$15.9 billion |
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Industry |
Industrial machinery |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$14.0 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Michael Lamach CFO Steven Shawley |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
10.2% |
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Cash/Debt |
$882.1 million / $3.2 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
1.6% |
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Competitors |
Johnson Controls (JCI -0.25%) Illinois Tool Works (ITW -1.43%) United Technologies (RTX 0.68%) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 998 members who have rated Ingersoll-Rand believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner (TMFSpiffyPop), succinctly summed up the outperform case for our community: "With spinoff, rise in dividend, and overall good business dynamics, seems like a good bet to beat the market in the year ahead. Outperform."
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