JCI vs PH vs PNR Stock Comparison

Johnson Controls International, Parker-Hannifin and Pentair Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PH Parker-Hannifin Corp
$944.93 -2.9% 1M +22.4% 1Y
Market cap
$114.67B
P/E
31.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.50B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
7 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$69.73 +31.5% 1M -34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.54B
P/E
18.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Parker-Hannifin leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Parker-Hannifin 7, Pentair 4, Johnson Controls International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJCIPHPNRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $85.02B $114.67B $11.54B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.8x 31.4x 18.9x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.4x 24.9x 15.3x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +8.3% -3.9% PH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.3% 17.0% 15.4% PH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 15.4% 12.5% PH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.4x 1.6x PH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +32.4% +22.4% -34.7% JCI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.2%/yr +23.8%/yr -1.3%/yr PH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.4% 27.7% 36.9% PH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 57/100 61/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

JCIPHPNR

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

AxisJCIPHPNR
Valuation 14 #49 of 57 25 #153 of 204 65 #73 of 204
Growth 89 #7 of 54 69 #60 of 191 32 #131 of 191
Profitability 65 #19 of 53 94 #12 of 189 82 #35 of 189
Financial Health 26 #44 of 59 45 #122 of 221 47 #117 of 221
Shareholder Returns 34 #28 of 42 50 #80 of 158 79 #34 of 158
Overall 46 57 61
  • JCI ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • PH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodJCIPHPNRSPY
1 month -4.1%-2.9%+31.5% -2.0%
3 months -2.5%-4.8%+1.8% -2.2%
6 months +3.5%+8.3%-10.4% +4.2%
Year to date +25.1%+7.5%-33.0% +10.6%
1 year +32.4%+22.4%-34.7% +10.4%
3 years +191.1%+135.5%+13.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year +42.8%+33.1%+4.2% +20.2%
5 years +103.1%+190.2%-6.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year +15.2%+23.8%-1.3% +10.1%
10 years +267.2%+692.1%+28.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year +13.9%+23.0%+2.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureJCIPHPNRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.4%27.7%36.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%27.6%40.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.230.850.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.000.81-0.94 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.1%-29.2%-53.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-12.0%-35.8% -3.2%
52-week high $158.77$1,073.86$108.69 $779.14
52-week low $110.85$768.99$52.11 $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.

MultipleJCIPHPNR
P/E now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 21.3x 32.7xmedian 25.4x 18.2xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.7x 5.5xmedian 1.9x 2.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 13.6x 22.8xmedian 14.5x 13.9xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 17.5x 30.5xmedian 23.6x 17.2xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.9x 7.7xmedian 2.2x 2.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.02median 1.14 1.55median 1.21 2.37median 1.21

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 monthsJCIPHPNR
Revenue $25.00B $21.50B $3.97B
Gross profit $9.16B $8.10B $1.64B
Operating income $2.99B $4.63B $777.40M
Net income $3.58B $3.65B $612.20M
Free cash flow $3.17B $3.91B $646.60M
R&D – – $94.10M
EPS (diluted) $5.87 $28.48 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $641.00M $501.00M $74.00M
Total debt $9.48B $8.52B $1.48B
Shares (diluted) 610.00M 128.10M 160.30M
Enterprise value $82.75B $112.79B $11.21B

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
MetricJCIPHPNR
P/E 25.5x 32.7x 18.2x
P/FCF 28.7x 30.5x 17.2x
P/Operating cash flow 25.6x 27.3x 15.4x
P/S 3.6x 5.5x 2.8x
P/B 6.7x 7.7x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 9.1x 14.6x 3.9x
EV/EBITDA 26.5x 22.8x 13.9x
EV/EBIT 33.3x 27.4x 16.1x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 5.9x 3.2x
EV/FCF 31.5x 32.6x 19.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.1x 29.1x 17.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.02 1.55 2.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJCIPHPNR
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 8.3% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 4.1% -1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.7% 10.8% -1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 8.0% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.1% 14.1% -8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% 14.6% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 60.4% 3.3% -6.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.0% 20.5% 6.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 72.9% 5.0% -3.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 25.0% 21.1% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.5% 15.6% -14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.2% 13.6% 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.8% 16.9% -17.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 56.0% 14.5% 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJCIPHPNR
Gross margin 36.7% 37.7% 41.2%
EBITDA margin 15.1% 25.9% 22.7%
Operating margin 12.0% 21.6% 19.6%
Pretax margin 10.9% 21.2% 17.5%
Net margin 14.3% 17.0% 15.4%
FCF margin 12.7% 18.2% 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 14.2% 20.3% 18.3%
Return on equity 27.0% 24.3% 16.1%
Return on assets 9.5% 11.9% 9.2%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 15.4% 12.5%
Return on capital employed 11.0% 18.8% 13.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.2x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJCIPHPNR
Debt / assets 24.4% 27.6% 22.3%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.6x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.4x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 2.2x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 50.1% 42.1%
Equity / assets 34.9% 49.9% 57.9%
Interest coverage – 11.6x –
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 6.99 4.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJCIPHPNR
Dividend yield 1.1% 0.8% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 6.5% 1.1% 3.6%
Shareholder yield 7.5% 1.9% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.3% – 28.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 30.8% – 26.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.3% – 6.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.2% – 6.2%

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.

ConsensusJCIPHPNR
Forward P/E 23.4xFY2027 24.9xFY2027 15.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.41FY2027 $37.94FY2027 $4.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.6%FY2027 +17.4%FY2027 -7.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +8.8% +17.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $26.80BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.6%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027 -7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.3% +22.0% +10.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJCIPHPNR
Held by institutions 89.5% 91.8% 95.0%
Institutions holding 1,600 1,979 721
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +1.2% -0.1%
Institutions buying 792 930 354
Institutions selling 558 694 257
Buyers to sellers 1.42 1.34 1.38

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.

JCIPHPNR
JCI 1.00 0.52 0.24
PH 0.52 1.00 0.30
PNR 0.24 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JCI, PH and PNR?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Johnson Controls International (JCI) $85.02B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $114.67B, Pentair (PNR) $11.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, JCI, PH and PNR?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 23.8x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.4x, Pentair (PNR) 18.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 23.4x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 24.9x, Pentair (PNR) 15.3x). 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: Johnson Controls International (JCI) +6.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) has the highest net margin (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 14.3%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Parker-Hannifin (PH) leads (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 10.5%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson Controls International (JCI) returned the most: Johnson Controls International (JCI) +32.4%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +22.4%, Pentair (PNR) -34.7%. Over five years, Parker-Hannifin (PH) compounded fastest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) +15.2%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +23.8%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -1.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Parker-Hannifin (PH) has been the steadiest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 32.4%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.7%, Pentair (PNR) 36.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JCI, PH and PNR?

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.