Ingersoll-Rand Co (IR)

This is a play on reshoring, on making stuff (industrials like power tools and HVACs), and companies that make things that contribute to infrastructure and industrial growth are in the right spot now.

(A Top Pick April 6/17, Up 9%) Urbanization, globalization and energy consumption are tailwinds, but faces risks recently. It hasn't been as great as he'd thought though they've done a great turnaround. Performance has disappointed. not as good Honeywell.

(A Top Pick April 19/17 Up 7%). He got out back in August at $85. They rotated out of this into more defensive stocks at the time. He saw a sector backlog growing and still sees this as a great company.

(A Top Pick November 22/16. Up 23%.) He continues to like the industrial sector. Machinery is slowly becoming interconnected. The capital stock of the US economy is the oldest it has been in history. In the last year, companies who are spending, are being rewarded by the share prices going up.

(A Top Pick April 6/17. Up 10%.) This is in the machinery space. It has done pretty well. Pulled back a little, and he continues to be very positive on it. They do a lot of HVAC work, energy efficiency and consumption management and water flow.

Capital spending in the US is set to rise. 85% of their business is environmental control. HVAC systems are being put in or being replaced in commercial buildings. If there is an infrastructure spend on schools and hospitals, that is a big spend. Their compressor systems are used in construction sites. Dividend yield of 1.95%. (Analysts’ price target is $85.50.)

HVACs: residential and industrial. They have done a great job. They have re-domiciled. 2/3rds North American and 1/3^rds international. (Analysts’ target: $85.00).

An industrial company. They’ve grown their earnings 15% a year over the last 5 years, in a world where companies have not been spending on capital spending. They have a compressor business which is industrial. They have HVAC. If there was a pickup in spending in infrastructure in the US, this company will win. If there is a pickup in non-residential construction they will win. They are already performing and making new highs. Dividend yield of 2.12%. (Analysts’ price target is $77.72.)

Good company. Diversified industrial with exposure to a lot of capital spending related industries. This sector is very cyclical and tends to do well when economies start to pick up. He feels the economy will continue to recover for some time.