IR vs PNR vs SPXC Stock Comparison

Ingersoll Rand, Pentair and SPX Technologies 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
$32.82B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.05B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$69.73 +31.5% 1M -34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.54B
P/E
18.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionIRPNRSPXCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.82B $11.54B $7.67B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x 18.9x 25.7x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.2x 15.3x 19.1x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.0% -3.9% +20.2% SPXC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.2% 15.4% 11.5% IR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 12.5% 9.7% PNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.6x 2.2x IR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.3% -34.7% -24.0% IR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.2%/yr -1.3%/yr +21.4%/yr SPXC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.5% 36.9% 40.0% IR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 61/100 64/100 IR

Percentile Scorecard

IRPNRSPXC

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

AxisIRPNRSPXC
Valuation 51 #101 of 204 65 #73 of 204 41 #34 of 57
Growth 84 #32 of 191 32 #131 of 191 100 #1 of 54
Profitability 85 #30 of 189 82 #35 of 189 64 #20 of 53
Financial Health 57 #95 of 221 47 #117 of 221 52 #29 of 59
Shareholder Returns 57 #68 of 158 79 #34 of 158 –
Overall 67 61 64
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • SPXC ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIRPNRSPXCSPY
1 month +11.1%+31.5%-5.6% -2.0%
3 months -5.4%+1.8%-24.3% -2.2%
6 months +11.5%-10.4%-21.3% +4.2%
Year to date +6.7%-33.0%-18.2% +10.6%
1 year +11.3%-34.7%-24.0% +10.4%
3 years +29.4%+13.1%+98.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year +9.0%+4.2%+25.6% +20.2%
5 years +48.0%-6.6%+163.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year +8.2%-1.3%+21.4% +10.1%
10 years —+28.8%+796.7% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+2.6%+24.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIRPNRSPXCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.5%36.9%40.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%40.6%42.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.190.891.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.34-0.94-0.60 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-53.7%-38.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.4%-35.8%-33.6% -3.2%
52-week high $98.76$108.69$246.41 $779.14
52-week low $68.54$52.11$158.40 $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.

MultipleIRPNRSPXC
P/E now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 25.4x 18.2xmedian 25.4x 27.5xmedian 21.3x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 1.9x 2.8xmedian 1.9x 3.2xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 14.5x 13.9xmedian 14.5x 16.9xmedian 13.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.4xmedian 23.6x 17.2xmedian 23.6x 35.9xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.2x 2.9xmedian 2.2x 3.4xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.01median 1.21 2.37median 1.21 0.26median 1.14

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 monthsIRPNRSPXC
Revenue $8.05B $3.97B $2.60B
Gross profit $3.47B $1.64B $1.04B
Operating income $1.84B $777.40M $418.10M
Net income $1.39B $612.20M $298.10M
Free cash flow $1.52B $646.60M $228.00M
R&D – $94.10M –
EPS (diluted) $3.53 $3.82 $5.89
Cash & equivalents $1.34B $74.00M $119.20M
Total debt $4.74B $1.48B $1.33B
Shares (diluted) 391.90M 160.30M 50.65M
Enterprise value $27.78B $11.21B $6.87B

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
MetricIRPNRSPXC
P/E 23.8x 18.2x 27.5x
P/FCF 21.4x 17.2x 35.9x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x 15.4x 21.8x
P/S 4.0x 2.8x 3.2x
P/B 3.1x 2.9x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 5.0x 3.9x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA 15.0x 13.9x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 19.5x 16.1x 22.5x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 3.2x 3.6x
EV/FCF 23.6x 19.4x 41.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.8x 17.3x 25.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.01 2.37 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIRPNRSPXC
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.0% -3.9% 20.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% -1.3% 15.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% -1.2% 17.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 3.4% 17.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.6% -8.3% 22.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 4.4% 46.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 152.7% -6.4% 33.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.7% 6.3% 112.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 158.7% -3.6% 29.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 7.7% 106.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.8% -14.8% 22.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 6.8% 58.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% -17.4% -16.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.4% 7.7% 47.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIRPNRSPXC
Gross margin 43.1% 41.2% 39.9%
EBITDA margin 29.7% 22.7% 21.5%
Operating margin 22.9% 19.6% 16.1%
Pretax margin 20.1% 17.5% 15.0%
Net margin 17.2% 15.4% 11.5%
FCF margin 18.8% 16.3% 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin 20.4% 18.3% 14.5%
Return on equity 13.4% 16.1% 12.4%
Return on assets 7.6% 9.2% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 12.5% 9.7%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 13.5% 11.1%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.8% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIRPNRSPXC
Debt / assets 25.4% 22.3% 27.5%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.4x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.6x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 2.3x 5.9x
Liabilities / assets 43.2% 42.1% 49.6%
Equity / assets 56.8% 57.9% 50.4%
Interest coverage 7.2x – 11.5x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.62 4.10 3.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIRPNRSPXC
Dividend yield 0.1% 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 3.0% 3.6% –
Shareholder yield 3.1% 5.1% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 2.2% 28.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 2.0% 26.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -3.1% 6.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 6.2% –

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.

ConsensusIRPNRSPXC
Forward P/E 25.2xFY2026 15.3xFY2026 19.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.35FY2026 $4.55FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026 +26.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.5% +17.6% +20.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.35BFY2026 $3.86BFY2026 $2.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.4% +10.5% +14.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIRPNRSPXC
Held by institutions 100.0% 95.0% 93.8%
Institutions holding 896 721 512
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% -0.1% +10.8%
Institutions buying 369 354 277
Institutions selling 360 257 162
Buyers to sellers 1.03 1.38 1.71

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.

IRPNRSPXC
IR 1.00 0.42 0.48
PNR 0.42 1.00 0.23
SPXC 0.48 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IR, PNR and SPXC?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.82B, Pentair (PNR) $11.54B, SPX Technologies (SPXC) $7.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, IR, PNR and SPXC?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.7x, Pentair (PNR) 18.9x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 25.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 25.2x, Pentair (PNR) 15.3x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 19.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +20.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) has the highest net margin (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 11.5%). On return on invested capital, Pentair (PNR) leads (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 9.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ingersoll Rand (IR) returned the most: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +11.3%, Pentair (PNR) -34.7%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) -24.0%. Over five years, SPX Technologies (SPXC) compounded fastest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.2%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -1.3%/yr, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.00%, Pentair (PNR) 0.01%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 0.00%. SPX Technologies (SPXC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingersoll Rand (IR) has been the steadiest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.5%, Pentair (PNR) 36.9%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 40.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IR, PNR and SPXC?

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.