IR vs JCI vs PH Stock Comparison

Ingersoll Rand, Johnson Controls International and Parker-Hannifin Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$73.46 -3.7% 1M -8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$29.07B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.94B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins
PH Parker-Hannifin Corp
$880.39 -9.4% 1M +14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$114.25B
P/E
31.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.50B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Parker-Hannifin leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Parker-Hannifin 7, Johnson Controls International 3, Ingersoll Rand 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIRJCIPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $29.07B $89.59B $114.25B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.3x 25.0x 31.3x JCI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.9x 29.4x 23.2x IR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.8% +6.8% +8.3% PH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.1% 14.3% 17.0% PH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.6% 10.5% 15.4% PH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 2.3x 1.4x PH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% JCI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.6% +30.2% +14.9% JCI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.3%/yr +14.3%/yr +24.1%/yr PH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.0% 31.3% 27.0% PH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 44/100 57/100 IR

Percentile Scorecard

IRJCIPH

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

AxisIRJCIPH
Valuation 43 #117 of 203 15 #47 of 55 26 #150 of 203
Growth 72 #54 of 188 88 #7 of 51 70 #58 of 188
Profitability 71 #55 of 187 62 #20 of 51 94 #13 of 187
Financial Health 49 #114 of 222 24 #45 of 59 43 #126 of 222
Shareholder Returns 58 #65 of 153 33 #28 of 41 50 #77 of 153
Overall 58 44 57
  • IR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • JCI ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • PH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIRJCIPHSPY
1 month -3.7%-1.4%-9.4% -1.0%
3 months -13.0%+0.3%-10.8% +2.9%
6 months -12.3%+1.4%-9.7% +6.4%
Year to date -7.3%+20.2%+0.2% +11.4%
1 year -8.6%+30.2%+14.9% +13.1%
3 years +23.1%+195.4%+135.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +7.2%+43.5%+33.1% +21.5%
5 years +35.5%+94.9%+194.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +6.3%+14.3%+24.1% +10.9%
10 years —+226.7%+614.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+12.6%+21.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureIRJCIPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.0%31.3%27.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%32.6%26.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.211.130.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.260.970.55 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-43.1%-29.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.6%-9.3%-18.0% -2.5%
52-week high $98.76$158.77$1,073.86 $779.14
52-week low $68.54$110.55$766.20 $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.

MultipleIRJCIPH
P/E now vs peer median 29.9xmedian 25.9x 24.5xmedian 19.9x 30.5xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 1.5x 5.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 13.7x 25.5xmedian 12.6x 21.4xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.4xmedian 21.1x 27.5xmedian 16.1x 28.4xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.3x 6.5xmedian 3.0x 7.2xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.40median 1.19 0.98median 0.98 1.45median 1.19

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 monthsIRJCIPH
Revenue $7.94B $25.00B $21.50B
Gross profit $3.40B $9.16B $8.10B
Operating income $1.44B $2.99B $4.63B
Net income $966.00M $3.58B $3.65B
Free cash flow $1.22B $3.17B $3.91B
EPS (diluted) $2.45 $5.87 $28.48
Cash & equivalents $1.17B $641.00M $501.00M
Total debt $4.77B $9.48B $8.52B
Shares (diluted) 391.90M 610.00M 128.10M
Enterprise value $24.19B $87.32B $112.37B

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
MetricIRJCIPH
P/E 29.9x 24.5x 30.5x
P/FCF 23.4x 27.5x 28.4x
P/Operating cash flow 21.1x 24.6x 25.4x
P/S 3.6x 3.5x 5.2x
P/B 2.8x 6.5x 7.2x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 8.7x 13.6x
EV/EBITDA 16.3x 25.5x 21.4x
EV/EBIT 22.4x 32.1x 25.7x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 3.8x 5.5x
EV/FCF 26.3x 30.3x 30.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.8x 27.1x 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.40 0.98 1.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIRJCIPH
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.8% 6.8% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 4.4% 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.6% 7.7% 10.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 5.5% 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 28.9% 14.1% 14.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.7% 27.4% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 82.8% 60.4% 3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 20.0% 20.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 87.6% 72.9% 5.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 25.0% 21.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -5.8% 20.5% 15.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 41.2% 13.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.1% 29.8% 16.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.6% 56.0% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIRJCIPH
Gross margin 42.8% 36.7% 37.7%
EBITDA margin 24.8% 15.1% 25.9%
Operating margin 18.1% 12.0% 21.6%
Pretax margin 15.2% 10.9% 21.2%
Net margin 12.1% 14.3% 17.0%
FCF margin 15.4% 12.7% 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin 17.0% 14.2% 20.3%
Return on equity 9.4% 27.0% 24.3%
Return on assets 5.3% 9.5% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 7.6% 10.5% 15.4%
Return on capital employed 9.2% 11.0% 18.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIRJCIPH
Debt / assets 26.2% 24.4% 27.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.7x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 2.3x 1.4x
Debt / FCF 3.9x 3.0x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 43.7% 65.1% 50.1%
Equity / assets 56.3% 34.9% 49.9%
Interest coverage 5.6x – 11.6x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.0x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.22 – 6.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIRJCIPH
Dividend yield 0.1% 1.1% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 2.9% 6.7% 1.1%
Shareholder yield 3.0% 7.8% 2.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 3.3% 27.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 2.6% 30.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -2.8% -0.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -1.0% 0.2% –

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.

ConsensusIRJCIPH
Forward P/E 21.9xFY2026 29.4xFY2026 23.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $3.35FY2026 $4.89FY2026 $37.87FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +30.1%FY2026 +17.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.5% +30.9% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.35BFY2026 $26.80BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026 +13.6%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +6.4% +6.3% +22.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIRJCIPH
Held by institutions 100.0% 89.5% 91.8%
Institutions holding 894 1,597 1,975
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% -1.1% +1.2%
Institutions buying 367 790 927
Institutions selling 360 557 693
Buyers to sellers 1.02 1.42 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.

IRJCIPH
IR 1.00 0.44 0.61
JCI 0.44 1.00 0.52
PH 0.61 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IR, JCI and PH?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ingersoll Rand (IR) $29.07B, Johnson Controls International (JCI) $89.59B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $114.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, IR, JCI and PH?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 30.3x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 25.0x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ingersoll Rand (IR) is cheapest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 21.9x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 29.4x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 23.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ingersoll Rand (IR) +7.8%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +6.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) has the highest net margin (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 12.1%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 14.3%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%). On return on invested capital, Parker-Hannifin (PH) leads (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 7.6%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 10.5%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson Controls International (JCI) returned the most: Ingersoll Rand (IR) -8.6%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +30.2%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +14.9%. Over five years, Parker-Hannifin (PH) compounded fastest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) +6.3%/yr, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +14.3%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +24.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has the highest dividend yield: Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.00%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 0.01%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.00%. Parker-Hannifin (PH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Parker-Hannifin (PH) has been the steadiest (Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.0%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 31.3%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IR, JCI 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 7. 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.