Xylem (XYL) Competitors

Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is XYL or PH more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Xylem's net margin of 9.85%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xylem	9.85%	9.61%	6.22%
Parker-Hannifin	14.47%	27.95%	11.33%

Is XYL or PH a better dividend stock?

Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Xylem pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% 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 increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate XYL or PH?

Xylem currently has a consensus target price of $152.10, indicating a potential upside of 25.38%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $722.94, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Given Xylem's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xylem	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Do institutionals & insiders believe in XYL or PH?

88.0% of Xylem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor XYL or PH?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 8 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 16 mentions for Xylem. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Xylem's score of 1.05 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xylem	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parker-Hannifin	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, XYL or PH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xylem	$7.36B	4.00	$609M	$3.42	35.47
Parker-Hannifin	$19.93B	4.36	$2.84B	$22.14	30.50

Which has more volatility & risk, XYL or PH?

Xylem has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XYL or PH?

Parker-Hannifin received 196 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.23% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xylem	Outperform Votes 528 63.23%	Underperform Votes 307 36.77%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 724 63.84%	Underperform Votes 410 36.16%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.