GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY vs PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GE and PH diverge most: on revenue growth, GE reads +21.8% and PH reads +6.1%; on p/b, GE reads 20.70 and PH reads 8.41. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GE's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What PH's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GE | PH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $359.28 | $960.77 |
| Market cap | $378.7B | $123.0B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 44.3 | 35.4 |
| P/B | 20.70 | 8.41 |
| P/S | 7.84 | 5.86 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 24.3 |
| Revenue growth | +21.8% | +6.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 22.4% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 16.6% |
| Return on equity | 47.2% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 11.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 23.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 1.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.41 | 6.52 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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