XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, and ITT
Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Xylem vs.
Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 43.0% 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. Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Xylem has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 12 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 21 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.38 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem 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.
Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus price target of $718.44, suggesting a potential upside of 7.17%. Xylem has a consensus price target of $146.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.37%. Given Xylem's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.40%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin received 203 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 5/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
