IR vs LECO vs SNA Stock Comparison

Ingersoll Rand, Lincoln Electric Holdings and Snap-on Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$84.56 +11.1% 1M +11.3% 1Y
Market cap
$32.78B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.05B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win
SNA Snap-on Inc
$362.22 -1.8% 1M +7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.11B
P/E
18.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.27B
Div. yield
–
Power Tools Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Snap-on leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Snap-on 6, Lincoln Electric Holdings 5, Ingersoll Rand 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIRLECOSNALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.78B $15.19B $19.11B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x 26.4x 18.9x SNA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.2x 24.5x 19.7x SNA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.0% +11.1% +2.9% LECO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.2% 12.4% 19.2% SNA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 22.6% 14.1% LECO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.0x -0.3x SNA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% LECO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.3% +22.7% +7.2% LECO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.2%/yr +14.9%/yr +11.6%/yr LECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.5% 31.0% 19.2% SNA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 56/100 74/100 SNA

Percentile Scorecard

IRLECOSNA

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

AxisIRLECOSNA
Valuation 51 #101 of 204 36 #131 of 204 64 #74 of 204
Growth 84 #32 of 191 47 #101 of 191 33 #129 of 191
Profitability 85 #30 of 189 94 #13 of 189 97 #7 of 189
Financial Health 57 #95 of 221 46 #119 of 221 88 #27 of 221
Shareholder Returns 57 #68 of 158 55 #71 of 158 89 #18 of 158
Overall 67 56 74
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LECO ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • SNA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIRLECOSNASPY
1 month +11.1%+3.7%-1.8% -2.0%
3 months -5.4%+2.5%-13.4% -2.2%
6 months +11.5%+6.7%-4.4% +4.2%
Year to date +6.7%+18.7%+5.1% +10.6%
1 year +11.3%+22.7%+7.2% +10.4%
3 years +29.4%+54.7%+33.7% +73.6%
3 years, per year +9.0%+15.7%+10.2% +20.2%
5 years +48.0%+100.0%+72.8% +61.6%
5 years, per year +8.2%+14.9%+11.6% +10.1%
10 years —+344.6%+137.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+16.1%+9.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIRLECOSNASPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.5%31.0%19.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%31.3%19.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.191.190.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.340.730.38 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-35.3%-21.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.4%-4.8%-13.6% -3.2%
52-week high $98.76$298.88$419.26 $779.14
52-week low $68.54$220.64$328.69 $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.

MultipleIRLECOSNA
P/E now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 25.4x 26.9xmedian 25.4x 18.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 1.9x 3.3xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 14.5x 18.0xmedian 14.5x 13.0xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.4xmedian 23.6x 30.1xmedian 23.6x 17.4xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.2x 9.9xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.01median 1.21 3.85median 1.21 12.30median 1.21

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 monthsIRLECOSNA
Revenue $8.05B $4.64B $5.27B
Gross profit $3.47B $1.65B $2.45B
Operating income $1.84B $802.52M $1.31B
Net income $1.39B $575.27M $1.04B
Free cash flow $1.52B $511.89M $1.07B
EPS (diluted) $3.53 $10.48 $19.30
Cash & equivalents $1.34B $283.24M $1.67B
Total debt $4.74B $1.15B $1.21B
Shares (diluted) 391.90M 54.87M 52.40M
Enterprise value $27.74B $14.05B $12.42B

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
MetricIRLECOSNA
P/E 23.8x 26.9x 18.5x
P/FCF 21.4x 30.1x 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x 23.1x 16.2x
P/S 4.0x 3.3x 3.5x
P/B 3.1x 9.9x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 5.0x 9.9x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 15.0x 18.0x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 19.5x 20.3x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 3.5x 3.5x
EV/FCF 23.6x 31.8x 17.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.8x 24.4x 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.01 3.85 12.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIRLECOSNA
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.0% 11.1% 2.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 4.5% 1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% 7.7% 3.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 5.5% 1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.6% 12.9% -0.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 7.0% 0.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 152.7% 9.6% -0.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.7% 4.9% 0.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 158.7% 11.0% 0.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 7.0% 1.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.8% 0.7% 4.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 0.5% 2.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% -6.3% 4.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.4% -3.6% 3.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIRLECOSNA
Gross margin 43.1% 35.5% 46.6%
EBITDA margin 29.7% 19.5% 26.6%
Operating margin 22.9% 17.3% 24.9%
Pretax margin 20.1% 16.2% 25.1%
Net margin 17.2% 12.4% 19.2%
FCF margin 18.8% 11.0% 20.4%
Operating cash flow margin 20.4% 14.4% 22.0%
Return on equity 13.4% 37.0% 17.0%
Return on assets 7.6% 14.9% 12.0%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 22.6% 14.1%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 27.7% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.5% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIRLECOSNA
Debt / assets 25.4% 29.5% 13.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.7x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.0x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 2.2x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 43.2% 60.1% 29.3%
Equity / assets 56.8% 39.9% 70.7%
Interest coverage 7.2x – 25.9x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.9x 3.5x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.0x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.3x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 3.62 7.77 7.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIRLECOSNA
Dividend yield 0.1% 1.1% 2.7%
Net buyback yield 3.0% 1.8% 1.9%
Shareholder yield 3.1% 2.9% 4.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 2.2% 30.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 2.0% 33.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -3.1% 3.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 6.3% –

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.

ConsensusIRLECOSNA
Forward P/E 25.2xFY2026 24.5xFY2026 19.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.35FY2026 $11.62FY2026 $18.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026 -4.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.5% +0.4% +17.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.35BFY2026 $4.84BFY2026 $4.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026 +14.5%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.4% +5.5% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIRLECOSNA
Held by institutions 100.0% 81.3% 96.3%
Institutions holding 896 705 1,072
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +5.5% +2.8%
Institutions buying 369 299 499
Institutions selling 360 266 370
Buyers to sellers 1.03 1.12 1.35

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.

IRLECOSNA
IR 1.00 0.64 0.63
LECO 0.64 1.00 0.56
SNA 0.63 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IR, LECO and SNA?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.78B, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) $15.19B, Snap-on (SNA) $19.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, IR, LECO and SNA?

Snap-on (SNA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.7x, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 26.4x, Snap-on (SNA) 18.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Snap-on (SNA) is cheapest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 25.2x, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 24.5x, Snap-on (SNA) 19.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +11.1%, Snap-on (SNA) +2.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Snap-on (SNA) has the highest net margin (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 12.4%, Snap-on (SNA) 19.2%). On return on invested capital, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) leads (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 22.6%, Snap-on (SNA) 14.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) returned the most: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +11.3%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +22.7%, Snap-on (SNA) +7.2%. Over five years, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) compounded fastest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.2%/yr, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +14.9%/yr, Snap-on (SNA) +11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) has the highest dividend yield: Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.00%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 0.01%, Snap-on (SNA) 0.00%. Snap-on (SNA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Snap-on (SNA) has been the steadiest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.5%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 31.0%, Snap-on (SNA) 19.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IR, LECO and SNA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Snap-on (SNA) 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.