Parker-Hannifin (PH) Competitors

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ITW or PH?

79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ITW or PH more profitable?

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 21.94% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 15.87%. Illinois Tool Works' return on equity of 95.39% beat Parker-Hannifin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Illinois Tool Works	21.94%	95.39%	19.49%
Parker-Hannifin	15.87%	27.34%	11.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITW or PH?

Parker-Hannifin received 123 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Illinois Tool Works	Outperform Votes 613 55.88%	Underperform Votes 484 44.12%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 736 63.89%	Underperform Votes 416 36.11%

Do analysts recommend ITW or PH?

Illinois Tool Works presently has a consensus price target of $260.09, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus price target of $705.35, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Illinois Tool Works	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ITW or PH?

Illinois Tool Works has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Illinois Tool Works	$15.90B	4.27	$3.49B	$11.72	19.76
Parker-Hannifin	$19.91B	3.68	$2.84B	$24.16	23.54

Is ITW or PH a better dividend stock?

Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Illinois Tool Works pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.0% 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. Illinois Tool Works has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, ITW or PH?

Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ITW or PH?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 6 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 35 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Illinois Tool Works' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 0.88 indicating that Illinois Tool Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Illinois Tool Works	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parker-Hannifin	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Illinois Tool Works on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.