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Is Ingersoll-Rand Inc (IR) a good stock to buy now?

Ingersoll-Rand Inc (NYSE: IR) is -7.48% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $83.72 and a high of $106.03 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The IR stock was last observed hovering at around $86.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.08%.

Currently trading at $83.69, the stock is -7.67% and -9.37% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.65 million and changing -3.55% at the moment leaves the stock -11.43% off its SMA200. IR registered -3.52% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -7.52%.

The stock witnessed a -11.19% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -17.67%, and is -9.57% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.90% over the week and 2.21% over the month.

Ingersoll-Rand Inc (IR) has around 21000 employees, a market worth around $33.73B and $7.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.54 and Fwd P/E is 22.25. Profit margin for the company is 11.59%. Distance from 52-week low is -0.04% and -21.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.62%).

with sales reaching $1.74B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 4.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.44% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.93% in year-over-year returns.

Ingersoll-Rand Inc (IR) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 402.88M, and float is at 402.14M with Short Float at 2.11%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 45.18 million shares valued at $4.1 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.198% of the IR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 34.48 million shares valued at $$3.13 billion to account for 8.5446 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS which holds 30.88 million shares representing 7.6532% and valued at over $2.81 billion, while PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ holds 5.3052 of the shares totaling 21.41 million with a market value of $1.94 billion.

Ingersoll-Rand Inc (IR) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Schiesl Andrew R. SEC filings show that Schiesl Andrew R sold 13,228 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $87.05 per share for a total of $1.15 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 30846.0 shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 05 ’24, Scheske Michael J (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 2,531 shares at an average price of $97.44 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 11,910 shares of Ingersoll-Rand Inc (IR).

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