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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

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

Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 18 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 19 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.78 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Parker-Hannifin
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus target price of $768.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus target price of $284.29, indicating a potential upside of 5.60%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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
Parker-Hannifin17.79% 26.80% 12.24%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.61%21.78%12.74%

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
Parker-Hannifin$19.85B4.87$3.53B$27.1227.91
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.23$392.99M$10.1226.60

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 13 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PH vs. The Competition

MetricParker-HannifinMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.90B$13.31B$7.75B$21.20B
Dividend Yield0.97%23.74%4.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio27.9622.5826.1529.17
Price / Sales4.873.93102.3954.67
Price / Cash21.2616.4928.3723.84
Price / Book7.064.114.105.43
Net Income$3.53B$537.38M$796.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance3.74%1.93%0.59%2.56%
1 Month Performance4.87%3.99%1.17%2.47%
1 Year Performance28.89%35.97%27.76%13.03%

Parker-Hannifin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6866 of 5 stars
$758.12
+3.4%
$768.71
+1.4%
+25.0%$96.88B$19.85B27.9661,120Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
3.7088 of 5 stars
$260.25
+2.1%
$287.86
+10.6%
+26.6%$9.91B$4.56B25.726,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
AME
AMETEK
4.7982 of 5 stars
$181.60
+0.1%
$208.00
+14.5%
+10.6%$41.94B$6.94B29.2421,500Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.9463 of 5 stars
$176.92
+0.2%
$213.92
+20.9%
-2.7%$24.26B$7.83B10.6724,000
ETN
Eaton
4.4677 of 5 stars
$352.85
+0.5%
$383.63
+8.7%
+15.2%$137.29B$24.88B35.4894,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FLS
Flowserve
4.8196 of 5 stars
$52.96
+0.6%
$65.78
+24.2%
+8.4%$6.93B$4.56B23.9616,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.7444 of 5 stars
$78.79
+0.6%
$97.75
+24.1%
-15.1%$31.32B$7.36B61.5721,000News Coverage
Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.2951 of 5 stars
$166.09
+0.4%
$179.22
+7.9%
+21.9%$12.96B$3.63B26.1211,700Short Interest ↓
XYL
Xylem
3.8487 of 5 stars
$140.55
-0.2%
$151.57
+7.8%
+3.3%$34.21B$8.73B36.5123,000Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5069 of 5 stars
$259.45
+0.3%
$259.33
0.0%
+5.8%$75.63B$15.90B22.7444,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.5235 of 5 stars
$105.34
+0.3%
$114.36
+8.6%
+23.2%$17.28B$4.08B28.799,750Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:PH) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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