EATON CORPORATION plc vs PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ETN and PH diverge most: on ev/ebitda, ETN reads 289.8 and PH reads 23.6; on revenue growth, ETN reads +15.4% and PH reads +8.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ETN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What PH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ETN | PH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $429.68 | $962.26 |
| Market cap | $167.4B | $123.2B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 43.8 | 33.8 |
| P/B | 8.24 | 7.99 |
| P/S | 5.57 | 5.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 289.8 | 23.6 |
| Revenue growth | +15.4% | +8.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 25.6% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 17.0% |
| Return on equity | 18.9% | 23.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 11.8% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 17.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | 0.55 |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 1.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.88 | 6.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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