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PH vs. AIT, AME, DOV, ETN, FLS, IR, ITT, XYL, ITW, and PNR

Should you be buying Parker-Hannifin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parker-Hannifin include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), AMETEK (AME), Dover (DOV), Eaton (ETN), Flowserve (FLS), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Xylem (XYL), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), and Pentair (PNR).

Parker-Hannifin vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 26.5% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parker-Hannifin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.17$392.99M$10.1225.91
Parker-Hannifin$19.85B4.90$3.53B$27.1228.33

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.69%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $789.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 19 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 9 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.30 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parker-Hannifin
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 26.80% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
Parker-Hannifin 17.79%26.80%12.24%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PH vs. The Competition

MetricParker-HannifinMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.94B$13.75B$7.94B$22.09B
Dividend Yield0.97%24.33%4.58%3.59%
P/E Ratio28.2522.3525.1533.09
Price / Sales4.906.961,255.9060.82
Price / Cash21.2117.6827.8724.20
Price / Book7.174.494.924.70
Net Income$3.53B$498.10M$790.14M$1.01B
7 Day Performance4.65%3.67%1.43%2.59%
1 Month Performance2.61%6.36%2.33%1.56%
1 Year Performance23.11%30.93%30.27%14.01%

Parker-Hannifin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5678 of 5 stars
$768.40
+0.3%
$789.67
+2.8%
+21.7%$96.94B$19.85B28.2557,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.442 of 5 stars
$251.11
+1.3%
$285.00
+13.5%
+16.1%$9.48B$4.56B24.816,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AME
AMETEK
4.3881 of 5 stars
$187.45
+1.1%
$207.42
+10.7%
+13.5%$43.30B$6.94B30.1921,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DOV
Dover
4.9273 of 5 stars
$168.97
+1.5%
$212.25
+25.6%
-5.5%$23.15B$7.75B10.1824,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ETN
Eaton
4.6257 of 5 stars
$377.31
+1.1%
$398.45
+5.6%
+7.9%$146.90B$24.88B37.9694,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
FLS
Flowserve
4.7421 of 5 stars
$51.29
+1.5%
$65.88
+28.4%
-0.5%$6.70B$4.56B23.1816,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.278 of 5 stars
$78.38
+1.5%
$98.09
+25.1%
-16.6%$31.14B$7.24B61.2021,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.6796 of 5 stars
$171.95
-0.6%
$191.00
+11.1%
+21.4%$13.41B$3.63B27.0311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
XYL
Xylem
4.5808 of 5 stars
$146.76
+0.6%
$154.67
+5.4%
+12.2%$35.72B$8.56B38.1123,000Upcoming Earnings
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.2312 of 5 stars
$252.68
+1.4%
$262.83
+4.0%
+0.5%$73.65B$15.90B22.1444,000Positive News
Earnings Report
PNR
Pentair
4.6193 of 5 stars
$109.79
+0.9%
$116.50
+6.1%
+13.1%$17.97B$4.08B29.959,750Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:PH) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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