CUMMINS INC vs PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Cummins and Parker-Hannifin price almost on top of each other, near 33 times earnings apiece, which is unusual enough to make the rest of the comparison interesting. The income statements do not match the multiples: Parker keeps about 17 cents of net profit per sales dollar to Cummins near 8, and earns 24% on equity to Cummins' 21% and 11% on assets to Cummins' 8%. So for the same price you are buying meaningfully more profitability in Parker, with Cummins offering the larger dividend, 1.2% to 0.7%, as the trade. Parker also converts more of its price into free cash, a 3.2% yield against 2.9%. The market has rated the two as equals; the ratios suggest it is paying the same for more.
Comparison updated 2026-06-15.
| Metric | CMI | PH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $675.92 | $960.77 |
| Market cap | $93.8B | $123.0B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 35.1 | 35.4 |
| P/B | 7.02 | 8.41 |
| P/S | 2.77 | 5.86 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.1 | 24.3 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +6.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 22.4% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 16.6% |
| Return on equity | 20.8% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 11.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.4% | 23.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.93 | 6.52 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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