CTAS vs. PH, EMR, ITW, GWW, JCI, ABBNY, FERG, IR, XYL, and ROK
Should you be buying Cintas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cintas include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Emerson Electric (EMR), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Johnson Controls International (JCI), ABB (ABBNY), Ferguson (FERG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Cintas currently has a consensus target price of $661.21, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $515.38, indicating a potential downside of 6.91%. Given Cintas' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cintas is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Cintas. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 6 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 8 mentions for Cintas. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.04 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cintas has a net margin of 15.98% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 13.28%. Cintas' return on equity of 37.19% beat Parker-Hannifin's return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin received 158 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
Cintas pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cintas pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cintas has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.5% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Cintas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Cintas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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