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$763.72 +5.58 (+0.74%)
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PH vs. AIT, AME, DOV, ETN, FLS, IR, ITT, XYL, ITW, and SNA

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 Snap-On (SNA).

Parker-Hannifin vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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%

82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus price target of $771.44, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 22 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 3 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.57 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Parker-Hannifin
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$27.1228.16
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.14$392.99M$10.1225.52

Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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 increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has increased 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.

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$96.64B$12.94B$7.90B$21.77B
Dividend Yield0.95%24.43%4.58%3.56%
P/E Ratio28.1621.80310.3829.82
Price / Sales4.875.42246.1965.90
Price / Cash21.6117.4828.2524.69
Price / Book7.134.354.934.60
Net Income$3.53B$519.51M$796.44M$999.94M
7 Day Performance1.65%1.59%1.89%2.00%
1 Month Performance2.13%2.81%5.27%4.50%
1 Year Performance21.94%27.16%30.22%14.51%

Parker-Hannifin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5029 of 5 stars
$763.72
+0.7%
$771.44
+1.0%
+20.7%$96.64B$19.85B28.1657,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7649 of 5 stars
$257.20
-1.6%
$285.00
+10.8%
+16.8%$9.74B$4.56B25.486,800Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.743 of 5 stars
$186.32
0.0%
$205.00
+10.0%
+10.7%$43.06B$6.94B30.0321,500Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.894 of 5 stars
$166.37
-1.0%
$213.92
+28.6%
-12.5%$22.86B$7.75B10.0524,000Analyst Forecast
ETN
Eaton
4.5335 of 5 stars
$368.01
+0.7%
$390.68
+6.2%
+14.9%$143.56B$24.88B37.1094,000
FLS
Flowserve
4.7038 of 5 stars
$53.41
-1.2%
$65.78
+23.2%
+0.1%$6.99B$4.56B24.1716,000
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.3353 of 5 stars
$82.35
+0.1%
$97.75
+18.7%
-15.8%$32.73B$7.24B64.3321,000
ITT
ITT
4.3641 of 5 stars
$176.68
-0.1%
$188.11
+6.5%
+22.6%$13.78B$3.63B27.7811,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
XYL
Xylem
4.3301 of 5 stars
$143.63
+0.4%
$152.33
+6.1%
+10.9%$35.00B$8.56B37.3423,000Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.2962 of 5 stars
$261.50
+0.2%
$260.67
-0.3%
-0.6%$76.33B$15.90B22.9544,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
SNA
Snap-On
4.1677 of 5 stars
$343.34
+0.4%
$357.00
+4.0%
+20.0%$17.93B$5.11B18.3413,000

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This page (NYSE:PH) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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