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Ingersoll Rand vs IDEX: which stock is doing better?

Ingersoll Rand and IDEX are business rivals. Where they compete: industrial flow-control, pumps and fluid-handling equipment across broad industrial and process markets. Here is how the two stocks, and the businesses behind them, compare over the past year.

Updated Oct 9, 2026

58
IEX P3

IEX ahead

On Stox’s P3 score, which combines market beat, staying power and business growth, IDEX rates 58 and Ingersoll Rand 35. Over the past year Ingersoll Rand is −3% and IDEX +40%, against +16% for the S&P 500. IDEX swings less, about 2.2% on a typical day against 3.0%. By type, Ingersoll Rand is a Falling Knife and IDEX a Faith Trade.

IR P3 35IEX P3 58Both in Industrials / SMID

The past year

IR against IEX, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a measure in the table below to chart it for both.

IR against IEX, past year
$100 a year ago. IR −3%, IEX +40%.
80100120140NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
IRIEX

IR and IEX side by side

Ahead marks the stronger reading on each line; for the typical day and the deepest fall it marks the steadier stock. Select a row with a chart to see both over the year.

MeasureIRIEXAhead
Past 3 months
Share price change
+0%+6%IEX
Past month
Share price change
+8%+6%IR
Revenue growth
Past four quarters against the year before
+7%+8%IEX
Operating margin
Operating profit as a share of revenue, past four quarters
18%21%IEX
Deepest fall
From a high, past year
−31%−14%IEX, held up
Market value
What the market values the company at
$30.8B$17.3B
Type
Its Stox Atlas type
Falling KnifeFaith Trade
Group
Stocks it moves with
Industrials / SMIDIndustrials / SMIDSame group

How to read this page

How it’s measured. Scores from Stox rank each stock against about 1,200 large US stocks and funds, where 100 is best; P3 combines market beat, staying power and business growth. Returns are share-price changes. The typical day is the average true range over 14 days as a share of the price, averaged over the past year.

Sources. Daily prices and company financial statements from Financial Modeling Prep; scores and curated rivals from Stox.

A higher score describes a stronger past year, not what comes next.

Rivals are chosen by the markets the two businesses compete in, not by sector labels.

For financial statements, valuation and news, see IR and IEX on Stox.

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