CTAS vs. PH, ITW, EMR, GWW, ABBNY, FERG, JCI, IR, XYL, and ROK
Should you be buying Cintas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cintas include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Emerson Electric (EMR), W.W. Grainger (GWW), ABB (ABBNY), Ferguson (FERG), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Cintas has a net margin of 15.98% compared to Cintas' net margin of 13.95%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 37.19% beat Cintas' return on equity.
Parker-Hannifin received 162 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.02% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Cintas shares are owned 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.
Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Cintas. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 42 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 5 mentions for Cintas. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Cintas' score of 0.65 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus price target of $539.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.92%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $661.21, suggesting a potential downside of 4.56%. Given Cintas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Cintas.
Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cintas pays out 37.3% 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 Cintas has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Cintas on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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