Ingersoll Rand falls 5.3% as investors reprice into earnings amid cautious outlook backdrop

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (IR) is down 5.3% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The drop appears tied to a reset in expectations ahead of the company’s next earnings report, with investors focusing on the prior outlook framework that highlighted margin headwinds and a more measured growth profile. This could also be because recent sell-side commentary (including lowered price targets while maintaining ratings) reinforced a more conservative near-term setup, prompting profit-taking after a run higher.

Details:

Ingersoll Rand’s most recent full-year update outlined FY2026 targets and discussed factors such as reinvestment, tariffs, and integration-related items that can pressure margins early in the year.

The company has a scheduled Q1 2026 earnings call on April 29, 2026, which can concentrate positioning and increase sensitivity to estimate revisions in the days and weeks ahead of the print.

A recent analyst note reduced a price target while keeping a positive stance, which can still weigh on sentiment if the market had been priced for faster upside.

With the stock trading at a relatively elevated earnings multiple versus many industrial peers, incremental caution on growth or margins can translate into outsized one-day moves.

Sources:

Ingersoll Rand Investor Relations, GuruFocus, The Motley Fool

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$IR Insider Trading Activity

$IR insiders have traded $IR stock on the open market 20 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 20 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $IR stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

VICENTE REYNAL (See Remarks) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 502,736 shares for an estimated $46,994,191.
VIKRAM KINI (Senior Vice President and CFO) sold 28,367 shares for an estimated $2,737,415
MICHAEL J SCHESKE (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 20,599 shares for an estimated $1,986,647.
ELIZABETH MELOY HEPDING (See Remarks) sold 18,246 shares for an estimated $1,771,869
ANDREW R SCHIESL (See Remarks) sold 18,000 shares for an estimated $1,764,000
KATHLEEN M. KEENE (See Remarks) sold 12,000 shares for an estimated $1,193,520
JOHN HUMPHREY sold 4,300 shares for an estimated $412,370

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$IR Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 347 institutional investors add shares of $IR stock to their portfolio, and 406 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 15,244,412 shares (-73.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,207,662,318
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 5,197,822 shares (-37.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $411,771,458
T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 3,196,609 shares (-17.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $253,235,364
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 3,008,034 shares (-62.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $238,296,453
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 2,373,436 shares (-7.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $188,023,599
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 2,351,781 shares (+4.7%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $186,308,090
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC added 1,884,586 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $149,296,902

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$IR Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $IR in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/12/2026
Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/07/2026
Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 11/03/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $IR, check out Quiver Quantitative's $IR forecast page.

$IR Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $IR recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $IR in the last 6 months, with a median target of $97.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Nathan Jones from Stifel set a target price of $90.0 on 04/14/2026
Andrew Kaplowitz from Citigroup set a target price of $113.0 on 04/13/2026
Julian Mitchell from Barclays set a target price of $100.0 on 04/01/2026
Joseph O'Dea from Wells Fargo set a target price of $90.0 on 04/01/2026
David Raso from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $94.0 on 02/23/2026
Michael Halloran from Baird set a target price of $100.0 on 11/03/2025

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