PH vs. AIT, AME, DOV, ETN, FLS, IR, ITT, XYL, ITW, and PNR
Should you be buying Parker-Hannifin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parker-Hannifin include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), AMETEK (AME), Dover (DOV), Eaton (ETN), Flowserve (FLS), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Xylem (XYL), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), and Pentair (PNR).
Parker-Hannifin vs. Its Competitors
Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.64%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 26.80% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% 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 Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 62 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 10 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.05 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus price target of $763.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.43%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.28%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parker-Hannifin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PH) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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