ITW vs. PH, IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, PNR, and SWK
Should 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), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Pentair (PNR), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 4 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 10 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Illinois Tool Works' score of 0.90 indicating that Illinois Tool Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 55.2% 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 54 consecutive years.
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.
Parker-Hannifin received 97 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.
82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Illinois Tool Works' net margin of 13.95%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 97.82% beat Illinois Tool Works' return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus price target of $566.87, suggesting a potential upside of 6.65%. Illinois Tool Works has a consensus price target of $257.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Illinois Tool Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Illinois Tool Works on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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