Chart of the Day: Ingersoll Rand Has Momentum

 The Chart of the Day belongs to the industrial machinery company Ingersoll Rand (IR).  I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart  feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 11/7 the stock gained 29.40%.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. provides various mission-critical air, fluid, energy, specialty vehicle, and medical technologies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. 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, Robuschi, Emco Wheaton, and Runtech Systems brands. 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, 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 waste water, 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.

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Barchart Technical Indicators:

• 100% technical buy signals
• 58.40+ Weighted Alpha
• 48.80% gain in the last year
• Trend Seeker buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 12.76% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.88%
• Technical support level at $84.69
• Recently traded at $85.38 with 50 day moving average of $76.81

Fundamental Factors:

• Market Cap $34.23 billion
• P/E 30.60
• Dividend yield .09%
• Wall Street projects Revenue will grow 15.50% this year and another 5.50% next year
• Earnings are estimated to increase 21.60% this year, an additional 10.50% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 14.04% for the next 5 years

Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:

• Wall Street analysts issued 9 strong buy, 2 buy, and 4 hold  recommendation this month
• Analysts price targets are $71 to $95 - with a consensus of $84 - $1 below its recent price
• The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 925 to 34 for the stock to beat the market with the most experienced investors voting 188 to 1 for the same result
• Value Line gives the stock an average rating of 3 but with an 18 month price target of $85 - at its recent price
• CFRAs MarketScope has a hold rating but a 12 month price target of $68 for a 26% loss
• 13,240 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha

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