NPO vs IR vs FLS Stock Comparison

Enpro, Ingersoll Rand and Flowserve Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NPO Enpro Inc.
$285.29 -14.3% 1M +22.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.85B
P/E
93.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.29B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins
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
7 wins
FLS Flowserve Corp
$81.03 +9.0% 1M +12.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.29B
P/E
40.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.70B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ingersoll Rand leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ingersoll Rand 7, Enpro 4, Flowserve 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNPOIRFLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.85B $32.82B $10.29B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 93.2x 23.7x 40.4x IR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.1x 25.2x 18.7x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.4% +8.0% +0.2% NPO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.9% 17.2% 5.4% IR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.3% 10.5% 8.1% IR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.4x 2.3x IR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% NPO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.0% +11.3% +12.8% NPO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.4%/yr +8.2%/yr +19.5%/yr NPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.2% 33.5% 41.8% IR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 67/100 40/100 IR

Percentile Scorecard

NPOIRFLS

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

AxisNPOIRFLS
Valuation 26 #151 of 204 51 #101 of 204 27 #150 of 204
Growth 61 #76 of 191 84 #32 of 191 31 #132 of 191
Profitability 59 #78 of 189 85 #30 of 189 43 #109 of 189
Financial Health 69 #69 of 221 57 #95 of 221 34 #147 of 221
Shareholder Returns 31 #110 of 158 57 #68 of 158 66 #55 of 158
Overall 49 67 40
  • NPO ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • IR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • FLS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNPOIRFLSSPY
1 month -14.3%+11.1%+9.0% -2.0%
3 months -14.8%-5.4%+1.9% -2.2%
6 months -4.9%+11.5%+15.4% +4.2%
Year to date +33.2%+6.7%+16.8% +10.6%
1 year +22.0%+11.3%+12.8% +10.4%
3 years +140.4%+29.4%+114.6% +73.6%
3 years, per year +34.0%+9.0%+29.0% +20.2%
5 years +209.5%+48.0%+143.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year +25.4%+8.2%+19.5% +10.1%
10 years +436.5%—+94.4% +261.3%
10 years, per year +18.3%—+6.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNPOIRFLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.2%33.5%41.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.7%31.4%42.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.881.191.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.530.340.31 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.2%-36.6%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.4%-14.4%-12.0% -3.2%
52-week high $387.65$98.76$92.04 $779.14
52-week low $202.55$68.54$64.39 $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.

MultipleNPOIRFLS
P/E now vs peer median 96.3xmedian 25.4x 23.8xmedian 25.4x 40.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 1.9x 4.0xmedian 1.9x 2.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 14.5x 15.0xmedian 14.5x 20.1xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.9xmedian 23.6x 21.4xmedian 23.6x 66.9xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x 4.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -3.66median 1.21 1.01median 1.21 17.56median 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 monthsNPOIRFLS
Revenue $1.29B $8.05B $4.70B
Gross profit $556.50M $3.47B $1.60B
Operating income $197.70M $1.84B $467.63M
Net income $62.80M $1.39B $273.27M
Free cash flow $183.40M $1.52B $153.66M
EPS (diluted) $2.93 $3.53 $1.99
Cash & equivalents $83.40M $1.34B $742.15M
Total debt $520.70M $4.74B $2.06B
Shares (diluted) 21.40M 391.90M 127.96M
Enterprise value $5.50B $27.78B $7.26B

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
MetricNPOIRFLS
P/E 96.3x 23.8x 40.5x
P/FCF 32.9x 21.4x 66.9x
P/Operating cash flow 25.6x 19.8x 44.7x
P/S 4.7x 4.0x 2.2x
P/B 3.7x 3.1x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 7.0x 5.0x 5.1x
EV/EBITDA 21.1x 15.0x 20.1x
EV/EBIT 32.8x 19.5x 24.8x
EV/Revenue 5.0x 4.5x 2.5x
EV/FCF 35.3x 23.6x 75.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.5x 21.8x 50.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.66 1.01 17.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNPOIRFLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.4% 8.0% 0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 6.4% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.8% 6.4% 5.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 8.0% 9.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.1% 62.6% -3.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 121.9% 18.6% 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -27.3% 152.7% -42.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -25.3% 21.7% 1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.7% 158.7% -42.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -26.3% 23.5% 2.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.0% 18.8% -67.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 12.6% 4.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.2% 21.4% -75.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 13.4% 7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNPOIRFLS
Gross margin 43.2% 43.1% 34.2%
EBITDA margin 23.8% 29.7% 12.3%
Operating margin 15.3% 22.9% 10.0%
Pretax margin 6.1% 20.1% 7.6%
Net margin 4.9% 17.2% 5.4%
FCF margin 14.2% 18.8% 3.3%
Operating cash flow margin 18.3% 20.4% 4.9%
Return on equity 3.9% 13.4% 11.6%
Return on assets 2.4% 7.6% 4.3%
Return on invested capital 7.3% 10.5% 8.1%
Return on capital employed 8.1% 11.8% 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.8x 1.2x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 0.7% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNPOIRFLS
Debt / assets 19.5% 25.4% 32.4%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.4x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 2.8x 3.1x 13.4x
Liabilities / assets 39.2% 43.2% 62.4%
Equity / assets 60.8% 56.8% 37.6%
Interest coverage 5.5x 7.2x 5.1x
Current ratio 2.1x 1.7x 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.96 3.62 3.83

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNPOIRFLS
Dividend yield 0.4% 0.1% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 0.1% 3.0% 1.3%
Shareholder yield 0.6% 3.1% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 43.2% 2.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 14.8% 2.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.2% -3.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.0% -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.

ConsensusNPOIRFLS
Forward P/E 29.1xFY2026 25.2xFY2026 18.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.81FY2026 $3.35FY2026 $4.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.0%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.6% +21.5% +12.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.40BFY2026 $8.35BFY2026 $4.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.0%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +6.4% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNPOIRFLS
Held by institutions 99.9% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 411 896 586
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% -1.5% +14.6%
Institutions buying 212 369 299
Institutions selling 136 360 203
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.03 1.47

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.

NPOIRFLS
NPO 1.00 0.55 0.52
IR 0.55 1.00 0.53
FLS 0.52 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NPO, IR and FLS?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Enpro (NPO) $5.85B, Ingersoll Rand (IR) $32.82B, Flowserve (FLS) $10.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, NPO, IR and FLS?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Enpro (NPO) 93.2x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 23.7x, Flowserve (FLS) 40.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Enpro (NPO) 29.1x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 25.2x, Flowserve (FLS) 18.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Enpro (NPO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Enpro (NPO) +16.4%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.0%, Flowserve (FLS) +0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) has the highest net margin (Enpro (NPO) 4.9%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 17.2%, Flowserve (FLS) 5.4%). On return on invested capital, Ingersoll Rand (IR) leads (Enpro (NPO) 7.3%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 10.5%, Flowserve (FLS) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Enpro (NPO) returned the most: Enpro (NPO) +22.0%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +11.3%, Flowserve (FLS) +12.8%. Over five years, Enpro (NPO) compounded fastest (Enpro (NPO) +25.4%/yr, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +8.2%/yr, Flowserve (FLS) +19.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Enpro (NPO) has the highest dividend yield: Enpro (NPO) 0.00%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.00%, Flowserve (FLS) 0.00%. Flowserve (FLS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingersoll Rand (IR) has been the steadiest (Enpro (NPO) 41.2%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.5%, Flowserve (FLS) 41.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.