HUHU vs IR vs IEX Stock Comparison

HUHUTECH International, Ingersoll Rand and Idex Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
8 wins
IEX Idex Corp /De/
$233.79 -0.7% 1M +39.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.17B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.66B
Div. yield
1.24%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ingersoll Rand leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Ingersoll Rand 8, Idex 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHUHUIRIEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.16M $32.33B $17.17B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.7x 32.2x IR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 25.1x 25.6x IR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.0% +6.9% IR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 17.2% 14.6% IR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.5% 10.0% IR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.4x 1.2x IEX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.10% 1.24% IEX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -94.9% +9.0% +39.3% IEX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +8.0%/yr -0.1%/yr IR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 125.2% 33.5% 22.0% IEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 68/100 57/100 IR

Percentile Scorecard

HUHUIRIEX

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

AxisHUHUIRIEX
Valuation – 53 #97 of 204 37 #129 of 204
Growth – 84 #31 of 191 44 #107 of 191
Profitability – 84 #31 of 189 86 #27 of 189
Financial Health 31 #153 of 221 57 #95 of 221 75 #57 of 221
Shareholder Returns – 60 #65 of 159 44 #90 of 159
Overall – 68 57
  • HUHU ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • IEX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHUHUIRIEXSPY
1 month -91.4%+7.2%-0.7% -1.0%
3 months -93.1%-6.4%-1.3% -0.4%
6 months -96.3%+7.1%+7.1% +4.5%
Year to date -96.2%+6.3%+31.4% +12.4%
1 year -94.9%+9.0%+39.3% +13.6%
3 years —+28.8%+19.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year —+8.8%+6.2% +20.8%
5 years —+47.1%-0.3% +63.7%
5 years, per year —+8.0%-0.1% +10.4%
10 years ——+174.7% +267.7%
10 years, per year ——+10.6% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureHUHUIRIEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 125.2%33.5%22.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 142.9%31.3%20.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.381.190.67 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.760.271.79 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.8%-36.6%-35.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -96.8%-14.7%-2.8% -1.6%
52-week high $11.70$98.76$240.52 $779.14
52-week low $0.38$68.54$161.68 $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.

MultipleHUHUIRIEX
P/E now vs peer median —median 25.5x 23.7xmedian 25.5x 32.2xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.9x 4.0xmedian 1.9x 4.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 14.9xmedian 14.4x 18.7xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.3x 21.3xmedian 23.3x 25.7xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x 4.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.16 1.01median 1.16 -8.44median 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 monthsHUHUIRIEX
Revenue – $8.05B $3.66B
Gross profit – $3.47B $1.64B
Operating income – $1.84B $763.90M
Net income – $1.39B $535.80M
Free cash flow – $1.52B $667.10M
EPS (diluted) – $3.53 $7.24
Cash & equivalents $3.58M $1.34B $602.10M
Total debt $4.50M $4.74B $1.75B
Shares (diluted) 23.23M 391.90M 74.00M
Enterprise value -$5.20M $27.36B $14.78B

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
MetricHUHUIRIEX
P/E – 23.7x 32.2x
P/FCF – 21.3x 25.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 19.7x 22.8x
P/S – 4.0x 4.7x
P/B 1.2x 3.1x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 4.9x 5.9x
EV/EBITDA – 14.9x 18.7x
EV/EBIT – 19.4x 24.0x
EV/Revenue – 4.4x 5.0x
EV/FCF – 23.6x 27.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 21.8x 24.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.01 -8.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHUHUIRIEX
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.0% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.4% 3.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.4% 8.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.0% 4.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 62.6% 12.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 18.6% 0.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – 152.7% 12.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 21.7% -4.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 158.7% 13.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 23.5% -3.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 18.8% 17.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.6% 3.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.4% 14.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.4% 3.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHUHUIRIEX
Gross margin – 43.1% 44.9%
EBITDA margin – 29.7% 26.7%
Operating margin – 22.9% 20.9%
Pretax margin – 20.1% 19.2%
Net margin – 17.2% 14.6%
FCF margin – 18.8% 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 20.4% 20.6%
Return on equity – 13.4% 13.4%
Return on assets – 7.6% 7.8%
Return on invested capital – 10.5% 10.0%
Return on capital employed – 11.8% 12.2%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHUHUIRIEX
Debt / assets 20.1% 25.4% 25.5%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.4x 1.2x
Debt / FCF – 3.1x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 66.6% 43.2% 41.6%
Equity / assets 33.4% 56.8% 58.4%
Interest coverage – 7.2x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.7x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.5x 0.9x
Altman Z-score – 3.61 5.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHUHUIRIEX
Dividend yield – 0.1% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 3.0% 1.8%
Shareholder yield – 3.1% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 2.2% 39.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 2.0% 32.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -3.1% 1.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -1.4% 4.5%

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.

ConsensusHUHUIRIEX
Forward P/E – 25.1xFY2026 25.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.35FY2026 $9.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +0.3%FY2026 +15.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +21.5% +12.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $8.35BFY2026 $3.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +9.2%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +6.4% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHUHUIRIEX
Held by institutions – 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 896 688
Change in shares held, QoQ – -1.5% +0.1%
Institutions buying – 369 352
Institutions selling – 360 202
Buyers to sellers – 1.03 1.74

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.

HUHUIRIEX
HUHU 1.00 -0.03 0.06
IR -0.03 1.00 0.65
IEX 0.06 0.65 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HUHU, IR and IEX?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: HUHUTECH International (HUHU) $9.16M, Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.33B, Idex (IEX) $17.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, HUHU, IR and IEX?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.7x, Idex (IEX) 32.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ingersoll Rand (IR) is cheapest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 25.1x, Idex (IEX) 25.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%, Idex (IEX) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) has the highest net margin (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%, Idex (IEX) 14.6%). On return on invested capital, Ingersoll Rand (IR) leads (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%, Idex (IEX) 10.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Idex (IEX) returned the most: HUHUTECH International (HUHU) -94.9%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +9.0%, Idex (IEX) +39.3%. Over five years, Ingersoll Rand (IR) compounded fastest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%/yr, Idex (IEX) -0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Idex (IEX) has the highest dividend yield: Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.10%, Idex (IEX) 1.24%. HUHUTECH International (HUHU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idex (IEX) has been the steadiest (HUHUTECH International (HUHU) 125.2%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.5%, Idex (IEX) 22.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HUHU, IR and IEX?

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 8. 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.