IR vs PNR vs VLTO Stock Comparison

Ingersoll Rand, Pentair and Veralto Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$81.80 +3.3% 1M +4.3% 1Y
Market cap
$32.46B
P/E
23.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.05B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$69.80 +31.8% 1M -35.3% 1Y
Market cap
$11.01B
P/E
18.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins
VLTO Veralto Corp
$116.55 +20.8% 1M +16.6% 1Y
Market cap
$28.18B
P/E
28.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.80B
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Veralto leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Veralto 6, Ingersoll Rand 3, Pentair 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIRPNRVLTOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.46B $11.01B $28.18B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.4x 18.0x 28.1x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.9x 15.2x 25.2x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.0% -3.9% +6.4% IR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.2% 15.4% 17.3% VLTO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 12.5% 17.1% VLTO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.6x 0.8x VLTO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.3% -35.3% +16.6% VLTO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.4%/yr -1.2%/yr — IR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.6% 37.1% 24.4% VLTO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 59/100 75/100 VLTO

Percentile Scorecard

IRPNRVLTO

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

AxisIRPNRVLTO
Valuation 50 #103 of 204 61 #80 of 204 79 #5 of 20
Growth 81 #38 of 191 30 #135 of 191 71 #6 of 18
Profitability 83 #33 of 189 80 #38 of 189 100 #1 of 17
Financial Health 57 #95 of 221 47 #118 of 221 55 #10 of 21
Shareholder Returns 58 #68 of 159 77 #37 of 159 73 #4 of 12
Overall 66 59 75
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • VLTO ranked among 21 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIRPNRVLTOSPY
1 month +3.3%+31.8%+20.8% -5.9%
3 months -7.3%-0.1%+18.9% -4.6%
6 months +5.5%-11.6%+31.4% +0.2%
Year to date +3.3%-33.0%+16.8% +7.5%
1 year +4.3%-35.3%+16.6% +8.2%
3 years +25.4%+14.4%+70.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +7.8%+4.6%+19.5% +19.0%
5 years +42.9%-6.1%— +56.5%
5 years, per year +7.4%-1.2%— +9.4%
10 years —+27.6%— +251.5%
10 years, per year —+2.5%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureIRPNRVLTOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.6%37.1%24.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%40.7%21.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.120.890.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.13-0.950.68 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-53.7%-27.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.2%-35.8%-0.4% -5.9%
52-week high $98.76$108.69$117.02 $779.14
52-week low $68.54$52.11$82.23 $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.

MultipleIRPNRVLTO
P/E now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 23.4x 18.2xmedian 23.4x 28.4xmedian 36.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 1.7x 2.8xmedian 1.7x 4.9xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 13.4x 14.0xmedian 13.4x 21.6xmedian 22.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.7xmedian 21.9x 17.2xmedian 21.9x 26.0xmedian 25.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.1x 2.9xmedian 2.1x 8.8xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.98median 1.02 2.37median 1.02 5.09median 2.08

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 monthsIRPNRVLTO
Revenue $8.05B $3.97B $5.80B
Gross profit $3.47B $1.64B $3.49B
Operating income $1.84B $777.40M $1.27B
Net income $1.39B $612.20M $1.00B
Free cash flow $1.52B $646.60M $1.09B
R&D – $94.10M $278.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.53 $3.82 $4.08
Cash & equivalents $1.34B $74.00M $1.79B
Total debt $4.74B $1.48B $2.92B
Shares (diluted) 391.90M 160.30M 245.30M
Enterprise value $27.42B $10.67B $20.81B

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
MetricIRPNRVLTO
P/E 23.0x 18.2x 28.4x
P/FCF 20.7x 17.2x 26.0x
P/Operating cash flow 19.1x 15.4x 24.5x
P/S 3.9x 2.8x 4.9x
P/B 3.0x 2.9x 8.8x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 3.9x 11.8x
EV/EBITDA 14.6x 14.0x 21.6x
EV/EBIT 18.9x 16.1x 23.3x
EV/Revenue 4.3x 3.2x 5.1x
EV/FCF 22.9x 19.4x 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.2x 17.3x 25.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.98 2.37 5.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIRPNRVLTO
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.0% -3.9% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% -1.3% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% -1.2% 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 3.4% 6.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.6% -8.3% -0.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 4.4% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 152.7% -6.4% 9.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.7% 6.3% 5.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 158.7% -3.6% 12.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 7.7% 5.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.8% -14.8% 10.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 6.8% 3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% -17.4% 10.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.4% 7.7% 3.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIRPNRVLTO
Gross margin 43.1% 41.2% 60.2%
EBITDA margin 29.7% 22.7% 23.6%
Operating margin 22.9% 19.6% 21.8%
Pretax margin 20.1% 17.5% 20.3%
Net margin 17.2% 15.4% 17.3%
FCF margin 18.8% 16.3% 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin 20.4% 18.3% 19.9%
Return on equity 13.4% 16.1% 31.7%
Return on assets 7.6% 9.2% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 12.5% 17.1%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 13.5% 18.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.8% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIRPNRVLTO
Debt / assets 25.4% 22.3% 35.5%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.6x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 2.3x 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 43.2% 42.1% 60.7%
Equity / assets 56.8% 57.9% 39.3%
Interest coverage 7.2x – 13.2x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.5x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.7x 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 3.54 4.10 5.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIRPNRVLTO
Dividend yield 0.1% 1.5% 0.4%
Net buyback yield 3.1% 3.6% 1.8%
Shareholder yield 3.2% 5.1% 2.2%
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.

ConsensusIRPNRVLTO
Forward P/E 23.9xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 25.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.42FY2026 $4.60FY2026 $4.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +2.4%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% +18.3% +8.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.37BFY2026 $3.94BFY2026 $5.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.3%FY2026 -5.7%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.5% +16.1% +17.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIRPNRVLTO
Held by institutions 100.0% 95.0% 96.1%
Institutions holding 896 721 977
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% -0.1% +3.3%
Institutions buying 369 353 398
Institutions selling 360 257 387
Buyers to sellers 1.03 1.37 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.

IRPNRVLTO
IR 1.00 0.43 0.20
PNR 0.43 1.00 0.38
VLTO 0.20 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IR, PNR and VLTO?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.46B, Pentair (PNR) $11.01B, Veralto (VLTO) $28.18B.

Which stock is cheaper, IR, PNR and VLTO?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.4x, Pentair (PNR) 18.0x, Veralto (VLTO) 28.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.9x, Pentair (PNR) 15.2x, Veralto (VLTO) 25.2x). 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%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, Veralto (VLTO) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Veralto (VLTO) has the highest net margin (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, Veralto (VLTO) 17.3%). On return on invested capital, Veralto (VLTO) leads (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%, Veralto (VLTO) 17.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Veralto (VLTO) returned the most: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +4.3%, Pentair (PNR) -35.3%, Veralto (VLTO) +16.6%. Over five years, Ingersoll Rand (IR) compounded fastest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) +7.4%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -1.2%/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) 0.02%, Veralto (VLTO) 0.00%. Veralto (VLTO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Veralto (VLTO) has been the steadiest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.6%, Pentair (PNR) 37.1%, Veralto (VLTO) 24.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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