ADSK vs EMR vs PH Stock Comparison

Autodesk, Emerson Electric and Parker-Hannifin Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADSK Autodesk, Inc.
$249.45 +19.1% 1M -20.3% 1Y
Market cap
$50.88B
P/E
31.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.79B
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
6 wins
EMR Emerson Electric Co
$161.75 +2.3% 1M +21.9% 1Y
Market cap
$92.86B
P/E
36.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.64B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win
PH Parker-Hannifin Corp
$904.18 -7.6% 1M +17.1% 1Y
Market cap
$114.10B
P/E
31.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.50B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Autodesk leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Autodesk 6, Parker-Hannifin 4, Emerson Electric 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADSKEMRPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $50.88B $92.86B $114.10B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.0x 36.0x 31.3x ADSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.4x 24.0x 23.8x ADSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +4.8% +8.3% ADSK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.1% 13.8% 17.0% ADSK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.5% 10.9% 15.4% ADSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 1.8x 1.4x ADSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -20.3% +21.9% +17.1% EMR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr +11.0%/yr +24.9%/yr PH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.8% 31.7% 27.2% PH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 45/100 57/100 PH

Percentile Scorecard

ADSKEMRPH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADSKEMRPH
Valuation 29 #21 of 29 35 #133 of 203 25 #152 of 203
Growth 62 #11 of 27 40 #112 of 187 69 #59 of 187
Profitability 88 #4 of 26 85 #29 of 185 94 #12 of 185
Financial Health 47 #17 of 31 29 #155 of 219 44 #123 of 219
Shareholder Returns 44 #10 of 17 36 #98 of 153 51 #76 of 153
Overall 54 45 57
  • ADSK ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • EMR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • PH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADSKEMRPHSPY
1 month +19.1%+2.3%-7.6% -0.8%
3 months +10.4%+8.3%-8.4% +3.5%
6 months +6.1%+14.3%-7.2% +7.0%
Year to date -15.7%+21.9%+2.9% +12.2%
1 year -20.3%+21.9%+17.1% +13.0%
3 years +27.8%+83.7%+146.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +8.5%+22.5%+35.2% +23.1%
5 years -19.1%+68.2%+203.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -4.2%+11.0%+24.9% +11.0%
10 years +253.0%+220.7%+642.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.4%+12.4%+22.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureADSKEMRPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.8%31.7%27.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.6%33.5%26.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.441.530.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.510.690.63 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.8%-29.9%-29.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.4%-1.6%-15.8% -1.8%
52-week high $313.53$164.37$1,073.86 $779.14
52-week low $187.72$123.30$767.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADSKEMRPH
P/E now vs peer median 31.9xmedian 31.9x 35.1xmedian 26.0x 31.3xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.4x 4.8xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 11.5x 16.4xmedian 14.0x 21.9xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.4xmedian 14.2x 26.1xmedian 21.4x 29.2xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 3.0x 4.4xmedian 2.2x 7.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.32median 0.77 -0.84median 1.26 1.49median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADSKEMRPH
Revenue $7.79B $18.64B $21.50B
Gross profit $7.11B $9.91B $8.10B
Operating income $2.04B $4.68B $4.63B
Net income $1.64B $2.58B $3.65B
Free cash flow $2.84B $3.46B $3.91B
R&D $1.72B – –
EPS (diluted) $7.78 $4.59 $28.48
Cash & equivalents $4.10B $2.18B $501.00M
Total debt $10.43B $13.11B $8.52B
Shares (diluted) 211.00M 561.10M 128.10M
Enterprise value $38.92B $85.60B $112.22B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADSKEMRPH
P/E 31.9x 35.1x 31.3x
P/FCF 18.4x 26.1x 29.2x
P/Operating cash flow 18.0x 23.1x 26.1x
P/S 6.7x 4.8x 5.3x
P/B 15.4x 4.4x 7.4x
P/Tangible book 17.6x 7.7x 14.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x 16.4x 21.9x
EV/EBIT 25.0x 21.6x 26.3x
EV/Revenue 6.5x 5.4x 5.7x
EV/FCF 17.9x 29.2x 31.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.6x 25.8x 28.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.32 -0.84 1.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADSKEMRPH
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.9% 4.8% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.3% 7.6% 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.8% 5.7% 10.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 11.0% 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 46.9% 9.2% 14.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.3% 13.6% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 57.4% -3.0% 3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.4% -42.0% 20.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 60.4% -2.2% 5.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.2% -41.6% 21.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 50.4% 4.4% 15.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 10.1% 13.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 50.7% 4.4% 16.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.8% 9.4% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADSKEMRPH
Gross margin 91.2% 53.2% 37.7%
EBITDA margin 37.3% 33.1% 25.9%
Operating margin 26.2% 25.1% 21.6%
Pretax margin 27.0% 17.6% 21.2%
Net margin 21.1% 13.8% 17.0%
FCF margin 36.4% 18.6% 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin 37.2% 21.0% 20.3%
Return on equity 49.9% 12.7% 24.3%
Return on assets 13.2% 6.1% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 26.5% 10.9% 15.4%
Return on capital employed 35.0% 14.9% 18.8%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 9.1% 1.3% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADSKEMRPH
Debt / assets 22.9% 31.1% 27.6%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 1.8x 1.4x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 3.8x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 51.7% 50.1%
Equity / assets 26.1% 48.3% 49.9%
Interest coverage – – 11.6x
Current ratio 0.9x 0.9x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.16 4.64 6.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADSKEMRPH
Dividend yield – 1.4% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 2.8% 1.0% 1.1%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 2.4% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 47.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 35.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.7% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADSKEMRPH
Forward P/E 20.4xFY2026 24.0xFY2026 23.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $12.24FY2026 $6.75FY2026 $37.94FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +17.4%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +17.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +13.2% +15.3% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.49BFY2026 $18.13BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +17.8%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +4.7% +15.3% +22.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADSKEMRPH
Held by institutions 96.0% 82.1% 91.8%
Institutions holding 1,195 2,290 1,975
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6% +0.9% +1.2%
Institutions buying 501 1,080 927
Institutions selling 535 798 693
Buyers to sellers 0.94 1.35 1.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADSKEMRPH
ADSK 1.00 -0.03 -0.20
EMR -0.03 1.00 0.54
PH -0.20 0.54 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADSK, EMR and PH?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Autodesk (ADSK) $50.88B, Emerson Electric (EMR) $92.86B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $114.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADSK, EMR and PH?

Autodesk (ADSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Autodesk (ADSK) 31.0x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 36.0x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Autodesk (ADSK) is cheapest (Autodesk (ADSK) 20.4x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 24.0x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 23.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Autodesk (ADSK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Autodesk (ADSK) +17.9%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +4.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Autodesk (ADSK) has the highest net margin (Autodesk (ADSK) 21.1%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 13.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%). On return on invested capital, Autodesk (ADSK) leads (Autodesk (ADSK) 26.5%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 10.9%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Emerson Electric (EMR) returned the most: Autodesk (ADSK) -20.3%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +21.9%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +17.1%. Over five years, Parker-Hannifin (PH) compounded fastest (Autodesk (ADSK) -4.2%/yr, Emerson Electric (EMR) +11.0%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +24.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Autodesk (ADSK) 0.00%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 0.01%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.00%. Autodesk (ADSK) and Parker-Hannifin (PH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Parker-Hannifin (PH) has been the steadiest (Autodesk (ADSK) 39.8%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 31.7%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADSK, EMR and PH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Autodesk (ADSK) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.