GLW vs PH vs WTS Stock Comparison

Corning, Parker-Hannifin and Watts Water Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$128.89 -18.8% 1M +42.8% 1Y
Market cap
$111.03B
P/E
51.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.72B
Div. yield
0.87%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins
PH Parker-Hannifin Corp
$928.66 -4.3% 1M +19.8% 1Y
Market cap
$117.06B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.50B
Div. yield
0.82%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionGLWPHWTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $111.03B $117.06B $11.71B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 51.7x 32.2x 30.6x WTS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.4x 24.5x 26.5x PH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.8% +8.3% +17.1% GLW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.1% 17.0% 14.3% PH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% 15.4% 16.8% WTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 1.4x -0.4x WTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.87% 0.82% 0.66% GLW
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.8% +19.8% +28.5% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.4%/yr +25.7%/yr +13.1%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.5% 27.2% 27.8% PH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 58/100 71/100 WTS

Percentile Scorecard

GLWPHWTS

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

AxisGLWPHWTS
Valuation 23 #73 of 94 28 #146 of 203 33 #137 of 203
Growth 96 #5 of 92 68 #61 of 188 79 #41 of 188
Profitability 85 #14 of 86 95 #10 of 183 92 #15 of 183
Financial Health 60 #38 of 93 44 #122 of 216 89 #25 of 216
Shareholder Returns 33 #48 of 71 53 #72 of 152 62 #59 of 152
Overall 59 58 71
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • PH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WTS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGLWPHWTSSPY
1 month -18.8%-4.3%-2.0% +0.7%
3 months -4.8%-3.6%+1.9% +3.7%
6 months -21.5%+2.1%+16.9% +7.1%
Year to date +47.2%+5.7%+27.1% +12.8%
1 year +42.8%+19.8%+28.5% +11.9%
3 years +383.5%+151.3%+104.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +69.2%+36.0%+26.9% +22.8%
5 years +262.4%+213.1%+84.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +29.4%+25.7%+13.1% +10.9%
10 years +468.3%+661.4%+485.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +19.0%+22.5%+19.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGLWPHWTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.5%27.2%27.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.3%26.9%26.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.030.830.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.570.731.02 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.6%-29.2%-44.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -49.6%-13.5%-10.5% -1.2%
52-week high $255.69$1,073.86$392.27 $779.14
52-week low $78.03$768.99$263.55 $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.

MultipleGLWPHWTS
P/E now vs peer median 51.7xmedian 21.0x 32.2xmedian 25.8x 30.6xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 1.4x 5.4xmedian 1.9x 4.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 12.9x 22.5xmedian 14.6x 19.2xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 45.1xmedian 15.5x 30.0xmedian 22.2x 33.5xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 1.7x 7.6xmedian 2.2x 5.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.97median 1.68 1.53median 1.45 2.38median 1.45

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 monthsGLWPHWTS
Revenue $17.72B $21.50B $2.68B
Gross profit $6.46B $8.10B $1.31B
Operating income $2.92B $4.63B $512.10M
Net income $2.35B $3.65B $383.80M
Free cash flow $2.46B $3.91B $349.40M
R&D $1.18B – –
EPS (diluted) $2.47 $28.48 $11.46
Cash & equivalents $2.54B $501.00M $347.90M
Total debt $8.23B $8.52B $108.00M
Shares (diluted) 871.00M 128.10M 33.50M
Enterprise value $103.32B $115.19B $10.13B

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
MetricGLWPHWTS
P/E 51.7x 32.2x 30.6x
P/FCF 45.1x 30.0x 33.5x
P/Operating cash flow 26.5x 26.8x 29.4x
P/S 6.3x 5.4x 4.4x
P/B 7.8x 7.6x 5.4x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 14.4x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA 26.5x 22.5x 19.2x
EV/EBIT 40.0x 27.0x 22.4x
EV/Revenue 6.6x 5.8x 4.3x
EV/FCF 47.4x 32.0x 32.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.8x 28.7x 28.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.97 1.53 2.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGLWPHWTS
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.8% 8.3% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 4.1% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.4% 10.8% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.0% 8.0% 13.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 46.0% 14.1% 26.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 48.2% 14.6% 15.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 57.2% 3.3% 23.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 53.6% 20.5% 12.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 56.9% 5.0% 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.6% 21.1% 12.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 85.0% 15.6% 12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.0% 13.6% 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 111.8% 16.9% 10.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.0% 14.5% 11.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGLWPHWTS
Gross margin 36.5% 37.7% 48.9%
EBITDA margin 24.9% 25.9% 22.3%
Operating margin 16.5% 21.6% 19.1%
Pretax margin 15.9% 21.2% 19.0%
Net margin 12.1% 17.0% 14.3%
FCF margin 13.9% 18.2% 13.1%
Operating cash flow margin 23.7% 20.3% 14.9%
Return on equity 17.1% 24.3% 17.9%
Return on assets 7.0% 11.9% 13.0%
Return on invested capital 11.0% 15.4% 16.8%
Return on capital employed 10.8% 18.8% 21.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 0.8% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGLWPHWTS
Debt / assets 24.1% 27.6% 3.7%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 1.4x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 3.3x 2.2x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 50.1% 25.8%
Equity / assets 41.9% 49.9% 74.2%
Interest coverage 8.0x 11.6x 50.2x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.3x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 5.04 6.91 11.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGLWPHWTS
Dividend yield 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%
Net buyback yield -0.5% 1.1% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 1.9% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 43.1% – 19.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 41.1% – 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.9% – 21.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.2% – 20.1%

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.

ConsensusGLWPHWTS
Forward P/E 37.4xFY2026 24.5xFY2027 26.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.45FY2026 $37.94FY2027 $13.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.9%FY2026 +17.4%FY2027 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.1% +8.8% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.34BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027 $3.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.8%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027 +23.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.0% +22.0% -5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGLWPHWTS
Held by institutions 73.0% 91.8% 80.9%
Institutions holding 2,684 1,976 580
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.5% +1.2% +1.9%
Institutions buying 1,477 928 295
Institutions selling 950 693 187
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.34 1.58

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.

GLWPHWTS
GLW 1.00 0.37 0.36
PH 0.37 1.00 0.43
WTS 0.36 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GLW, PH and WTS?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corning (GLW) $111.03B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $117.06B, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) $11.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, GLW, PH and WTS?

Watts Water Technologies (WTS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Corning (GLW) 51.7x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 32.2x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 30.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Parker-Hannifin (PH) is cheapest (Corning (GLW) 37.4x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 24.5x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 26.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corning (GLW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corning (GLW) +18.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) has the highest net margin (Corning (GLW) 12.1%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 14.3%). On return on invested capital, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads (Corning (GLW) 11.0%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 16.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Corning (GLW) +42.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +19.8%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +28.5%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (Corning (GLW) +29.4%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +25.7%/yr, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +13.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Corning (GLW) has the highest dividend yield: Corning (GLW) 0.87%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.82%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 0.66%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Parker-Hannifin (PH) has been the steadiest (Corning (GLW) 74.5%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.2%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GLW, PH and WTS?

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 4. 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.