Revolution Acceleration Acquisition (OTCMKTS:RAACU) & Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) Critical Survey

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Revolution Acceleration Acquisition (OTCMKTS:RAACU) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Ingersoll Rand and Revolution Acceleration Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.73%	13.00%	7.99%
Revolution Acceleration Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ingersoll Rand and Revolution Acceleration Acquisition’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingersoll Rand	$7.04 billion	5.22	$778.70 million	$2.01	45.28
Revolution Acceleration Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Revolution Acceleration Acquisition.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Ingersoll Rand and Revolution Acceleration Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0	3	8	0	2.73
Revolution Acceleration Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus price target of $100.36, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Ingersoll Rand’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Revolution Acceleration Acquisition.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Revolution Acceleration Acquisition on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand Inc. provides various mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation technologies services and solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Technologies and Services, and Precision and Science Technologies. The Industrial Technologies and Services segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services air and gas compression, vacuum, and blower products; fluid transfer equipment and loading systems; and power tools and lifting equipment, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables, air treatment equipment, controls, other accessories, and services under the under the Ingersoll Rand, Gardner Denver, Nash, CompAir, Elmo Rietschle brands, etc. The Precision and Science Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and markets diaphragm, piston, water-powered, peristaltic, gear, vane, progressive cavity, and syringe pumps; and gas boosters, hydrogen compression systems, automated liquid handling systems, odorant injection systems, controls, software, and other related components and accessories for liquid and gas dosing, transfer, dispensing, compression, sampling, pressure management, and flow control in specialized or critical applications under the Air Dimensions, Albin, ARO, Dosatron, Haskel, Ingersoll Rand, LMI, Maximus, Milton Roy, MP, Oberdorfer, Seepex, Thomas, Welch, Williams, YZ, and Zinnser Analytic brand names. This segment's products are used in medical, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, water and wastewater, chemical processing, energy, food and beverage, agriculture, and other markets. It sells through an integrated network of direct sales representatives and independent distributors. The company was formerly known as Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Ingersoll Rand Inc. in March 2020. Ingersoll Rand Inc. was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.

About Revolution Acceleration Acquisition

Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was formerly known as Acceleration Acquisition Corporation and changed its name to Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp in November 2020. Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.