Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Competitors $258.82 +0.71 (+0.28%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends ITW vs. PH, IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, and SWKShould you be buying Illinois Tool Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Illinois Tool Works include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry. Illinois Tool Works vs. Parker-Hannifin Ingersoll Rand Xylem Dover Snap-on Pentair IDEX Graco Nordson Stanley Black & Decker Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends. Do institutionals & insiders believe in PH or ITW? 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, PH or ITW? Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PH or ITW? Parker-Hannifin received 112 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformParker-HannifinOutperform Votes72363.81% Underperform Votes41036.19% Illinois Tool WorksOutperform Votes61156.68% Underperform Votes46743.32% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PH or ITW? Illinois Tool Works has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Parker-Hannifin. Illinois Tool Works 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 RatioParker-Hannifin$19.99B4.17$2.84B$22.1429.23Illinois Tool Works$15.95B4.79$2.96B$11.5622.39 Do analysts recommend PH or ITW? Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus price target of $712.82, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. Illinois Tool Works has a consensus price target of $268.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.74%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Parker-Hannifin 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.88Illinois Tool Works 3 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.09 Is PH or ITW a better dividend stock? Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 51.9% 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 69 consecutive years and Illinois Tool Works has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Is PH or ITW more profitable? Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 14.47%. Illinois Tool Works' return on equity of 97.06% beat Parker-Hannifin's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Parker-Hannifin14.47% 27.95% 11.33% Illinois Tool Works 21.66%97.06%19.22% Does the media favor PH or ITW? In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 3 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 7 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Illinois Tool Works' score of 1.14 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 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Illinois Tool Works 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryParker-Hannifin beats Illinois Tool Works on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap ProfitsURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowCrypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. It happens like clockwork every 4 years, during the December to February window of a Bitcoin halving year. 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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.Skip Chart ITW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricIllinois Tool WorksGeneral industrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$76.43B$13.80B$9.22B$19.19BDividend Yield2.20%1.12%2.08%3.58%P/E Ratio22.3924.3821.0841.22Price / Sales4.792.534.8517.58Price / Cash24.4120.8619.2621.28Price / Book25.865.304.245.32Net Income$2.96B$456.47M$398.18M$989.67M7 Day Performance-4.88%-3.80%-4.64%-3.45%1 Month Performance-4.11%-3.30%-1.86%-3.73%1 Year Performance-0.67%29.29%15.47%12.06% Illinois Tool Works Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ITWIllinois Tool Works3.7214 of 5 stars$258.82+0.3%$268.50+3.7%+0.8%$76.43B$15.95B22.3945,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsHigh Trading VolumePHParker-Hannifin4.7506 of 5 stars$673.50+0.3%$709.65+5.4%+44.0%$86.69B$19.99B30.3861,120Analyst ForecastPositive NewsIRIngersoll Rand4.4328 of 5 stars$100.05-1.0%$107.67+7.6%+23.3%$40.32B$7.16B49.3218,000Positive NewsXYLXylem4.9698 of 5 stars$121.39+0.7%$152.20+25.4%+6.8%$29.49B$8.42B35.262,300DOVDover4.7903 of 5 stars$200.82-0.1%$213.91+6.5%+25.4%$27.55B$8.47B17.9825,000Analyst UpgradeSNASnap-on4.5402 of 5 stars$352.14-0.8%$345.40-1.9%+21.0%$18.49B$4.71B18.282,700Insider TradePositive NewsPNRPentair4.6877 of 5 stars$108.03+0.8%$109.38+1.2%+44.4%$17.85B$4.10B26.7910,500Dividend IncreaseAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsIEXIDEX4.5569 of 5 stars$223.85+0.4%$243.14+8.6%+0.1%$16.95B$3.19B34.528,800Positive NewsGGGGraco3.8256 of 5 stars$87.87-0.1%$89.25+1.6%-0.3%$14.84B$2.13B31.074,000Analyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsNDSNNordson4.7341 of 5 stars$226.00-0.2%$279.00+23.5%-17.8%$12.92B$2.69B27.927,900Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionSWKStanley Black & Decker4.8377 of 5 stars$83.17+0.4%$102.29+23.0%-14.7%$12.82B$15.38B-60.4450,500Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PH Alternatives IR Alternatives XYL Alternatives DOV Alternatives SNA Alternatives PNR Alternatives IEX Alternatives GGG Alternatives NDSN Alternatives SWK Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ITW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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