Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) Vs. ITW, SWK, DOV, XYL, IR, IEX, NDSN, SNA, GGG, and PNR
Should you be buying Parker-Hannifin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parker-Hannifin include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Dover (DOV), Xylem (XYL), Ingersoll Rand (IR), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), and Pentair (PNR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Parker-Hannifin vs.
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 12.16% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 10.80%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 26.68% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.4% 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. Stanley Black & Decker has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker and Stanley Black & Decker both had 5 articles in the media. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 0.18 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus target price of $216.82, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $344.62, suggesting a potential upside of 14.59%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Parker-Hannifin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stanley Black & Decker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Parker-Hannifin received 112 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Stanley Black & Decker on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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