PNR vs BKR vs IR Stock Comparison

Pentair, Baker Hughes and Ingersoll Rand Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PNR PENTAIR plc
$55.24 +2.9% 1M -49.7% 1Y
Market cap
$10.05B
P/E
15.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.01B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins
BKR Baker Hughes Co
$56.01 -3.1% 1M +18.4% 1Y
Market cap
$58.59B
P/E
18.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.73B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oilfield Services Energy
4 wins
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$74.54 -2.0% 1M -6.6% 1Y
Market cap
$29.49B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.94B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionPNRBKRIRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.05B $58.59B $29.49B BKR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.4x 18.9x 30.7x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.1x 22.1x 22.3x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -2.1% +0.4% +7.8% IR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 11.2% 12.1% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.6% 8.9% 7.6% PNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.1x 1.8x BKR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -49.7% +18.4% -6.6% BKR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.5%/yr +17.5%/yr +7.0%/yr BKR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.0% 33.2% 33.1% IR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 55/100 58/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

PNRBKRIR

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

AxisPNRBKRIR
Valuation 84 #34 of 203 44 #27 of 47 42 #118 of 203
Growth 38 #116 of 187 67 #15 of 44 71 #55 of 187
Profitability 86 #27 of 185 75 #11 of 41 72 #53 of 185
Financial Health 43 #125 of 219 49 #24 of 46 50 #110 of 219
Shareholder Returns 81 #30 of 153 42 #19 of 32 55 #69 of 153
Overall 66 55 58
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • BKR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • IR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPNRBKRIRSPY
1 month +2.9%-3.1%-2.0% -0.8%
3 months -12.5%-7.6%-11.9% +3.5%
6 months -40.1%-18.1%-11.3% +7.0%
Year to date -47.0%+23.0%-5.9% +12.2%
1 year -49.7%+18.4%-6.6% +13.0%
3 years -4.2%+60.9%+25.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year -1.4%+17.2%+7.9% +23.1%
5 years -24.7%+124.0%+40.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -5.5%+17.5%+7.0% +11.0%
10 years -0.3%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year 0.0%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasurePNRBKRIRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.0%33.2%33.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.2%34.2%31.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.900.681.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.460.55-0.20 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.7%-47.2%-36.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -49.4%-19.6%-24.5% -1.8%
52-week high $109.13$69.67$98.76 $779.14
52-week low $52.11$44.47$68.54 $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.

MultiplePNRBKRIR
P/E now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 26.0x 17.9xmedian 25.5x 30.3xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.9x 2.0xmedian 1.2x 3.6xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 14.0x 11.5xmedian 8.6x 16.5xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 21.4x 17.8xmedian 14.7x 23.7xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.2x 2.8xmedian 1.6x 2.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.27median 1.26 0.45median 0.41 2.44median 1.26

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 monthsPNRBKRIR
Revenue $4.01B $27.73B $7.94B
Gross profit $1.66B $6.58B $3.40B
Operating income $813.20M $3.59B $1.44B
Net income $651.40M $3.12B $966.00M
Free cash flow $673.00M $3.13B $1.22B
R&D $95.40M $569.00M –
EPS (diluted) $4.03 $3.11 $2.45
Cash & equivalents $91.80M $15.73B $1.17B
Total debt $1.61B $16.25B $4.77B
Shares (diluted) 161.60M 997.00M 391.90M
Enterprise value $9.66B $21.69B $24.62B

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
MetricPNRBKRIR
P/E 13.6x 17.9x 30.3x
P/FCF 13.1x 17.8x 23.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.7x 12.5x 21.4x
P/S 2.2x 2.0x 3.6x
P/B 2.4x 2.8x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 3.3x 3.5x 4.7x
EV/EBITDA 11.1x 11.5x 16.5x
EV/EBIT 12.7x 15.7x 22.6x
EV/Revenue 2.6x 2.0x 4.1x
EV/FCF 15.4x 17.9x 26.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.7x 12.7x 24.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.27 0.45 2.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPNRBKRIR
Revenue growth (1Y) -2.1% 0.4% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.3% 6.0% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.7% -0.9% 5.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 5.8% 9.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 2.2% 9.7% 28.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 23.9% 13.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.9% 1.3% 82.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 39.1% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.6% 1.0% 87.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 39.9% 12.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -16.8% 29.7% -5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.5% 16.4% 9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -19.6% 44.5% -6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 21.8% 9.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPNRBKRIR
Gross margin 41.3% 23.7% 42.8%
EBITDA margin 23.3% 17.6% 24.8%
Operating margin 20.3% 12.9% 18.1%
Pretax margin 18.4% 12.7% 15.2%
Net margin 16.2% 11.2% 12.1%
FCF margin 16.8% 11.3% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 18.7% 16.0% 17.0%
Return on equity 17.2% 15.8% 9.4%
Return on assets 9.5% 6.0% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 12.6% 8.9% 7.6%
Return on capital employed 13.7% 9.7% 9.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.4x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.7% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPNRBKRIR
Debt / assets 23.9% 30.9% 26.2%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.8x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.1x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 2.4x 5.2x 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 44.1% 61.8% 43.7%
Equity / assets 55.9% 38.2% 56.3%
Interest coverage – – 5.6x
Current ratio 1.5x 2.1x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 3.49 2.10 3.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPNRBKRIR
Dividend yield 2.0% 1.6% 0.1%
Net buyback yield 5.1% – 2.8%
Shareholder yield 7.0% 1.6% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 26.0% 29.1% 3.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 25.2% 29.1% 2.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.9% 4.2% -2.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 6.4% -1.0%

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.

ConsensusPNRBKRIR
Forward P/E 12.1xFY2026 22.1xFY2026 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.55FY2026 $2.54FY2026 $3.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.5%FY2026 -2.3%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.6% +10.6% +21.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.86BFY2026 $30.90BFY2026 $8.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.5%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.5% -1.5% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPNRBKRIR
Held by institutions 95.0% 97.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 719 1,148 894
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +5.2% -1.5%
Institutions buying 353 576 367
Institutions selling 256 429 360
Buyers to sellers 1.38 1.34 1.02

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.

PNRBKRIR
PNR 1.00 0.11 0.43
BKR 0.11 1.00 0.22
IR 0.43 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PNR, BKR and IR?

Baker Hughes (BKR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pentair (PNR) $10.05B, Baker Hughes (BKR) $58.59B, Ingersoll Rand (IR) $29.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, PNR, BKR and IR?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pentair (PNR) 15.4x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 18.9x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 30.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Pentair (PNR) 12.1x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 22.1x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 22.3x). 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: Pentair (PNR) -2.1%, Baker Hughes (BKR) +0.4%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Pentair (PNR) 16.2%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 11.2%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 12.1%). On return on invested capital, Pentair (PNR) leads (Pentair (PNR) 12.6%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 8.9%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 7.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Baker Hughes (BKR) returned the most: Pentair (PNR) -49.7%, Baker Hughes (BKR) +18.4%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) -6.6%. Over five years, Baker Hughes (BKR) compounded fastest (Pentair (PNR) -5.5%/yr, Baker Hughes (BKR) +17.5%/yr, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: Pentair (PNR) 0.02%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 0.02%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingersoll Rand (IR) has been the steadiest (Pentair (PNR) 34.0%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 33.2%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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