FLS vs FET vs IR Stock Comparison

Flowserve, Forum Energy Technologies and Ingersoll Rand Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FLS Flowserve Corp
$81.18 +9.2% 1M +16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.29B
P/E
40.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.70B
Div. yield
1.07%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$84.20 +7.2% 1M +9.0% 1Y
Market cap
$32.33B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.05B
Div. yield
0.10%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ingersoll Rand leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ingersoll Rand 6, Forum Energy Technologies 4, Flowserve 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFLSFETIRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.29B $845.42M $32.33B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.5x 27.5x 23.7x IR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x 19.5x 25.1x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.2% +10.6% +8.0% FET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.4% 3.5% 17.2% IR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 9.4% 10.5% IR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.0x 1.4x FET
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.07% — 0.10% FLS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.8% +163.3% +9.0% FET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.7%/yr +27.0%/yr +8.0%/yr FET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.7% 52.5% 33.5% IR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 63/100 68/100 IR

Percentile Scorecard

FLSFETIR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFLSFETIR
Valuation 24 #156 of 204 41 #28 of 47 53 #97 of 204
Growth 30 #134 of 191 84 #8 of 44 84 #31 of 191
Profitability 43 #108 of 189 63 #16 of 41 84 #31 of 189
Financial Health 34 #147 of 221 36 #30 of 46 57 #95 of 221
Shareholder Returns 66 #55 of 159 94 #3 of 32 60 #65 of 159
Overall 39 63 68
  • FLS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • FET ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFLSFETIRSPY
1 month +9.2%-15.6%+7.2% -1.0%
3 months +3.2%-2.4%-6.4% -0.4%
6 months +10.6%+31.5%+7.1% +4.5%
Year to date +17.0%+99.4%+6.3% +12.4%
1 year +16.8%+163.3%+9.0% +13.6%
3 years +115.0%+212.5%+28.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year +29.1%+46.2%+8.8% +20.8%
5 years +135.6%+229.9%+47.1% +63.7%
5 years, per year +18.7%+27.0%+8.0% +10.4%
10 years +96.3%-78.5%— +267.7%
10 years, per year +7.0%-14.2%— +13.9%

Risk

MeasureFLSFETIRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.7%52.5%33.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.0%48.2%31.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.660.871.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.403.110.27 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.0%-59.1%-36.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-19.0%-14.7% -1.6%
52-week high $92.04$90.92$98.76 $779.14
52-week low $64.39$27.99$68.54 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFLSFETIR
P/E now vs peer median 40.5xmedian 25.5x 27.5xmedian 23.0x 23.7xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.9x 1.0xmedian 1.1x 4.0xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 14.4x 9.9xmedian 8.3x 14.9xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 67.0xmedian 23.3x 13.6xmedian 15.0x 21.3xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.2x 2.7xmedian 1.5x 3.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 17.59median 1.16 0.49median 0.48 1.01median 1.16

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFLSFETIR
Revenue $4.70B $873.93M $8.05B
Gross profit $1.60B $267.84M $3.47B
Operating income $467.63M $64.24M $1.84B
Net income $273.27M $30.20M $1.39B
Free cash flow $153.66M $62.05M $1.52B
EPS (diluted) $1.99 $2.57 $3.53
Cash & equivalents $742.15M $35.17M $1.34B
Total debt $2.06B $127.68M $4.74B
Shares (diluted) 127.96M 11.77M 391.90M
Enterprise value $7.34B $704.39M $27.36B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFLSFETIR
P/E 40.5x 27.5x 23.7x
P/FCF 67.0x 13.6x 21.3x
P/Operating cash flow 44.7x 12.3x 19.7x
P/S 2.2x 1.0x 4.0x
P/B 4.3x 2.7x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 5.1x 3.8x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 20.1x 9.9x 14.9x
EV/EBIT 24.8x 14.6x 19.4x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 1.1x 4.4x
EV/FCF 75.5x 15.1x 23.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 50.4x 13.7x 21.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.59 0.49 1.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLSFETIR
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.2% 10.6% 8.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 5.5% 6.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.0% 21.5% 6.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 9.4% 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.1% 171.8% 62.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 31.5% 18.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.5% 126.2% 152.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 59.0% 21.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -42.3% 126.0% 158.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 55.9% 23.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -67.3% -20.8% 18.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.7% 78.7% 12.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -75.6% -22.1% 21.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 153.9% 13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLSFETIR
Gross margin 34.2% 30.6% 43.1%
EBITDA margin 12.3% 10.8% 29.7%
Operating margin 10.0% 7.4% 22.9%
Pretax margin 7.6% 5.4% 20.1%
Net margin 5.4% 3.5% 17.2%
FCF margin 3.3% 7.1% 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin 4.9% 7.8% 20.4%
Return on equity 11.6% 9.9% 13.4%
Return on assets 4.3% 3.8% 7.6%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 9.4% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 11.8% 11.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.1x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 2.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 1.2% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLSFETIR
Debt / assets 32.4% 15.8% 25.4%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.0x 1.4x
Debt / FCF 13.4x 2.1x 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 60.6% 43.2%
Equity / assets 37.6% 39.4% 56.8%
Interest coverage 5.1x – 7.2x
Current ratio 2.1x 2.0x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 3.84 1.34 3.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLSFETIR
Dividend yield 1.1% – 0.1%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 2.7% 3.0%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 2.7% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 2.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 2.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -1.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFLSFETIR
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 19.5xFY2026 25.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.34FY2026 $3.78FY2026 $3.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 +500.0%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.0% +37.8% +21.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.72BFY2026 $871.25MFY2026 $8.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.1%FY2026 +10.1%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.3% +13.9% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLSFETIR
Held by institutions 100.0% 86.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 586 161 896
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.6% +10.7% -1.5%
Institutions buying 299 102 369
Institutions selling 203 42 360
Buyers to sellers 1.47 2.43 1.03

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FLSFETIR
FLS 1.00 0.19 0.53
FET 0.19 1.00 0.13
IR 0.53 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLS, FET and IR?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flowserve (FLS) $10.29B, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) $845.42M, Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLS, FET and IR?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flowserve (FLS) 40.5x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 27.5x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Flowserve (FLS) 18.7x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 19.5x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 25.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flowserve (FLS) +0.2%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +10.6%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) has the highest net margin (Flowserve (FLS) 5.4%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 3.5%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%). On return on invested capital, Ingersoll Rand (IR) leads (Flowserve (FLS) 8.1%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 9.4%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Forum Energy Technologies (FET) returned the most: Flowserve (FLS) +16.8%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +163.3%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +9.0%. Over five years, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) compounded fastest (Flowserve (FLS) +18.7%/yr, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +27.0%/yr, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Flowserve (FLS) has the highest dividend yield: Flowserve (FLS) 1.07%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.10%. Forum Energy Technologies (FET) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingersoll Rand (IR) has been the steadiest (Flowserve (FLS) 41.7%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 52.5%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FLS, FET and IR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ingersoll Rand (IR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.