PH vs. CTAS, EMR, JCI, GWW, ABBNY, ROK, ITW, IR, XYL, and DOV
Should you be buying Parker-Hannifin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parker-Hannifin include Cintas (CTAS), Emerson Electric (EMR), Johnson Controls International (JCI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), ABB (ABBNY), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), and Dover (DOV). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Cintas had 24 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Cintas and 13 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 0.68 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cintas pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cintas pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 37.0% 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. Cintas has raised its dividend for 40 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cintas has a net margin of 15.36% compared to Cintas' net margin of 10.93%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 37.92% beat Cintas' return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin received 162 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.57% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
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.
Cintas currently has a consensus target price of $529.36, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $436.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. Given Cintas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Cintas.
62.3% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Cintas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cintas has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Cintas on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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