PH vs. CTAS, ITW, EMR, GWW, JCI, FERG, ABBNY, IR, XYL, and ROK
Should you be buying Parker-Hannifin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parker-Hannifin include Cintas (CTAS), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Emerson Electric (EMR), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ferguson (FERG), ABB (ABBNY), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
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.
Parker-Hannifin received 164 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.09% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
Cintas has a net margin of 15.98% compared to Cintas' net margin of 13.95%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 37.19% beat Cintas' return on equity.
Cintas presently has a consensus price target of $661.21, indicating a potential downside of 4.47%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus price target of $560.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Cintas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Cintas.
Cintas has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 15 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 2 mentions for Cintas. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 0.46 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Cintas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cintas pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cintas pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 30.7% 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 41 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Cintas on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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