GHM vs IEX vs PH Stock Comparison

Graham, Idex and Parker-Hannifin Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GHM Graham Corp
$70.98 -18.6% 1M +19.8% 1Y
Market cap
$832.38M
P/E
69.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$261.15M
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins
IEX Idex Corp /De/
$233.15 +1.3% 1M +39.1% 1Y
Market cap
$17.19B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.59B
Div. yield
1.24%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins
PH Parker-Hannifin Corp
$900.70 -7.9% 1M +16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$113.53B
P/E
31.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.50B
Div. yield
0.84%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Parker-Hannifin leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Parker-Hannifin 6, Idex 4, Graham 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGHMIEXPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $832.38M $17.19B $113.53B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 69.7x 33.2x 31.2x PH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.5x 25.5x 23.7x PH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.2% +7.3% +8.3% GHM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 14.5% 17.0% PH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.0% 9.6% 15.4% PH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x 1.4x IEX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.24% 0.84% IEX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.8% +39.1% +16.3% IEX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +41.1%/yr +0.9%/yr +24.5%/yr GHM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.5% 22.1% 27.1% IEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 55/100 57/100 PH

Percentile Scorecard

GHMIEXPH

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

AxisGHMIEXPH
Valuation 17 #169 of 203 37 #129 of 203 29 #144 of 203
Growth 60 #75 of 188 40 #113 of 188 67 #62 of 188
Profitability 32 #125 of 183 85 #29 of 183 95 #11 of 183
Financial Health 37 #138 of 217 71 #63 of 217 44 #123 of 217
Shareholder Returns 10 #138 of 153 43 #87 of 153 52 #74 of 153
Overall 31 55 57
  • GHM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • IEX 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

PeriodGHMIEXPHSPY
1 month -18.6%+1.3%-7.9% -0.2%
3 months -28.8%+3.7%-9.1% +3.9%
6 months -23.3%+13.5%-6.4% +8.2%
Year to date +10.5%+31.0%+2.5% +12.9%
1 year +19.8%+39.1%+16.3% +12.3%
3 years +359.7%+22.1%+145.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +66.3%+6.9%+35.0% +23.3%
5 years +458.5%+4.6%+198.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +41.1%+0.9%+24.5% +10.9%
10 years +295.2%+171.1%+640.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.7%+10.5%+22.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGHMIEXPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.5%22.1%27.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.9%19.9%26.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.130.680.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.361.770.60 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.9%-35.9%-29.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.7%-3.1%-16.1% -1.2%
52-week high $123.79$240.52$1,073.86 $779.14
52-week low $53.56$161.68$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.

MultipleGHMIEXPH
P/E now vs peer median 69.7xmedian 25.2x 33.2xmedian 25.2x 31.2xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 1.9x 4.8xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 34.6xmedian 14.0x 19.3xmedian 14.0x 21.8xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -136.1xmedian 21.7x 26.8xmedian 21.7x 29.1xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.3x 4.3xmedian 2.3x 7.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.04median 1.32 -10.16median 1.32 1.48median 1.32

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 monthsGHMIEXPH
Revenue $261.15M $3.59B $21.50B
Gross profit $60.83M $1.60B $8.10B
Operating income $14.21M $741.70M $4.63B
Net income $11.82M $519.50M $3.65B
Free cash flow -$6.12M $641.50M $3.91B
EPS (diluted) $1.01 $7.00 $28.48
Cash & equivalents $26.95M $621.30M $501.00M
Total debt $13.00M $1.86B $8.52B
Shares (diluted) 11.71M 74.20M 128.10M
Enterprise value $756.02M $14.81B $111.66B

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
MetricGHMIEXPH
P/E 69.7x 33.2x 31.2x
P/FCF -136.1x 26.8x 29.1x
P/Operating cash flow 150.2x 24.0x 26.0x
P/S 3.2x 4.8x 5.3x
P/B 4.3x 4.3x 7.4x
P/Tangible book 5.4x 6.0x 14.0x
EV/EBITDA 34.6x 19.3x 21.8x
EV/EBIT 56.7x 24.8x 26.2x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 5.1x 5.7x
EV/FCF -131.7x 28.7x 31.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 145.3x 25.7x 27.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.04 -10.16 1.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGHMIEXPH
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.2% 7.3% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 2.5% 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.2% 8.1% 10.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 27.1% 2.5% 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -16.1% 11.8% 14.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.2% -1.2% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.7% 10.7% 3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 71.8% -4.0% 20.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -19.7% 12.6% 5.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.8% -3.3% 21.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -58.5% 11.1% 15.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -38.0% 3.1% 13.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 36.6% 9.3% 16.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -32.7% 4.0% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGHMIEXPH
Gross margin 23.3% 44.7% 37.7%
EBITDA margin 8.9% 26.6% 25.9%
Operating margin 5.4% 20.7% 21.6%
Pretax margin 5.3% 19.0% 21.2%
Net margin 4.5% 14.5% 17.0%
FCF margin -2.3% 17.9% 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin 2.1% 20.0% 20.3%
Return on equity 7.1% 12.9% 24.3%
Return on assets 3.4% 7.5% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 7.0% 9.6% 15.4%
Return on capital employed 7.8% 11.7% 18.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.4x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGHMIEXPH
Debt / assets – 26.8% 27.6%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x 1.4x
Debt / FCF – 2.9x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 47.2% 42.2% 50.1%
Equity / assets 52.8% 57.8% 49.9%
Interest coverage – – 11.6x
Current ratio 1.2x 3.0x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.9x 2.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.30 5.55 6.77

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGHMIEXPH
Dividend yield – 1.2% 0.8%
Net buyback yield -6.1% 1.8% 1.1%
Shareholder yield -6.1% 3.0% 2.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 33.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% –

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.

ConsensusGHMIEXPH
Forward P/E 43.5xFY2026 25.5xFY2026 23.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.63FY2026 $9.14FY2026 $37.94FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +45.5%FY2026 +15.0%FY2026 +17.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +41.7% +12.0% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $271.48MFY2026 $3.93BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +22.0% +3.0% +22.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGHMIEXPH
Held by institutions 89.3% 100.0% 91.8%
Institutions holding 222 686 1,975
Change in shares held, QoQ +16.8% +0.1% +1.2%
Institutions buying 145 351 927
Institutions selling 56 201 693
Buyers to sellers 2.59 1.75 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.

GHMIEXPH
GHM 1.00 0.34 0.43
IEX 0.34 1.00 0.53
PH 0.43 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GHM, IEX and PH?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Graham (GHM) $832.38M, Idex (IEX) $17.19B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $113.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, GHM, IEX and PH?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Graham (GHM) 69.7x, Idex (IEX) 33.2x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Parker-Hannifin (PH) is cheapest (Graham (GHM) 43.5x, Idex (IEX) 25.5x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 23.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Graham (GHM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Graham (GHM) +21.2%, Idex (IEX) +7.3%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) has the highest net margin (Graham (GHM) 4.5%, Idex (IEX) 14.5%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%). On return on invested capital, Parker-Hannifin (PH) leads (Graham (GHM) 7.0%, Idex (IEX) 9.6%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Idex (IEX) returned the most: Graham (GHM) +19.8%, Idex (IEX) +39.1%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +16.3%. Over five years, Graham (GHM) compounded fastest (Graham (GHM) +41.1%/yr, Idex (IEX) +0.9%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +24.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Idex (IEX) has the highest dividend yield: Graham (GHM) 0.00%, Idex (IEX) 1.24%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.84%. Graham (GHM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idex (IEX) has been the steadiest (Graham (GHM) 54.5%, Idex (IEX) 22.1%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GHM, IEX 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, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 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.