Parker-Hannifin Corporation

NYSE:PH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$86.7b

Parker-Hannifin Valuation

Is PH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PH ($665.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($829.45)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PH is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PH?

Key metric: As PH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PH. This is calculated by dividing PH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29.6x
EarningsUS$2.89b
Market CapUS$86.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.2x
ITW Illinois Tool Works
22.9x1.2%US$79.6b
IR Ingersoll Rand
46.9x17.2%US$40.2b
OTIS Otis Worldwide
23.6x5.6%US$38.4b
XYL Xylem
35.3x14.1%US$29.3b
PH Parker-Hannifin
29.6x7.7%US$86.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.6x) compared to the peer average (32.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AIRJ AirJoule Technologies
2.5xn/aUS$632.14m
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group
2.8x-46.6%US$78.94m
FATH Fathom Digital Manufacturing
2.6xn/aUS$35.24m
ZEVY Lightning eMotors
n/an/aUS$6.00
No more companies available in this PE range
PH 29.6xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.6x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (24x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.6x
Fair PE Ratio27.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$665.99
US$736.21
+10.5%
12.9%US$842.00US$450.00n/a20
Dec ’25US$702.90
US$724.26
+3.0%
11.7%US$842.00US$458.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$635.03
US$688.90
+8.5%
12.3%US$802.00US$458.00n/a18
Oct ’25US$630.14
US$646.56
+2.6%
10.9%US$801.00US$446.00n/a18
Sep ’25US$600.20
US$639.88
+6.6%
12.2%US$824.00US$446.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$534.54
US$612.22
+14.5%
12.4%US$824.00US$431.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$501.01
US$600.90
+19.9%
10.6%US$700.00US$431.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$531.52
US$601.58
+13.2%
10.8%US$700.00US$431.00n/a19
May ’25US$542.96
US$579.87
+6.8%
11.3%US$681.00US$417.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$551.01
US$561.42
+1.9%
9.2%US$628.00US$417.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$537.80
US$559.28
+4.0%
9.4%US$628.00US$417.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$500.18
US$502.06
+0.4%
14.6%US$627.00US$300.00n/a18
Jan ’25US$460.70
US$472.35
+2.5%
12.6%US$551.00US$300.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$440.16
US$457.26
+3.9%
11.2%US$534.00US$300.00US$702.9019
Nov ’24US$370.47
US$445.16
+20.2%
11.1%US$534.00US$300.00US$635.0319
Oct ’24US$389.52
US$445.50
+14.4%
10.8%US$540.00US$300.00US$630.1420
Sep ’24US$422.46
US$446.38
+5.7%
11.1%US$540.00US$300.00US$600.2021
Aug ’24US$414.17
US$420.66
+1.6%
11.3%US$556.00US$300.00US$534.5421
Jul ’24US$390.04
US$394.33
+1.1%
12.1%US$540.00US$300.00US$501.0121
Jun ’24US$325.99
US$388.48
+19.2%
12.2%US$540.00US$300.00US$531.5221
May ’24US$327.37
US$384.95
+17.6%
12.5%US$540.00US$300.00US$542.9620
Apr ’24US$336.11
US$384.00
+14.2%
12.7%US$540.00US$300.00US$551.0120
Mar ’24US$353.35
US$380.79
+7.8%
10.9%US$484.00US$300.00US$537.8019
Feb ’24US$328.69
US$344.26
+4.7%
13.4%US$484.00US$260.00US$500.1819
Jan ’24US$291.00
US$342.11
+17.6%
13.1%US$484.00US$260.00US$460.7018
Dec ’23US$297.52
US$339.94
+14.3%
13.3%US$484.00US$260.00US$440.1618

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 05:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Parker-Hannifin Corporation is covered by 42 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Igor MaryasisAegis Capital Corporation
John EadeArgus Research Company
Mircea DobreBaird