JCI vs PH vs WTS Stock Comparison

Johnson Controls International, Parker-Hannifin and Watts Water Technologies 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
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Watts Water Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Watts Water Technologies 5, Parker-Hannifin 4, Johnson Controls International 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJCIPHWTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $85.02B $114.67B $11.85B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.8x 31.4x 30.9x JCI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.4x 24.9x 27.3x JCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +8.3% +17.1% WTS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.3% 17.0% 14.3% PH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 15.4% 16.8% WTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.4x -0.4x WTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% JCI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +32.4% +22.4% +32.6% WTS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.2%/yr +23.8%/yr +12.4%/yr PH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.4% 27.7% 27.9% PH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 57/100 70/100 WTS

Percentile Scorecard

JCIPHWTS

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

AxisJCIPHWTS
Valuation 14 #49 of 57 25 #153 of 204 31 #142 of 204
Growth 89 #7 of 54 69 #60 of 191 76 #46 of 191
Profitability 65 #19 of 53 94 #12 of 189 90 #19 of 189
Financial Health 26 #44 of 59 45 #122 of 221 91 #21 of 221
Shareholder Returns 34 #28 of 42 50 #80 of 158 64 #58 of 158
Overall 46 57 70
  • JCI ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • PH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WTS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodJCIPHWTSSPY
1 month -4.1%-2.9%-0.7% -2.0%
3 months -2.5%-4.8%+0.6% -2.2%
6 months +3.5%+8.3%+23.6% +4.2%
Year to date +25.1%+7.5%+30.6% +10.6%
1 year +32.4%+22.4%+32.6% +10.4%
3 years +191.1%+135.5%+89.3% +73.6%
3 years, per year +42.8%+33.1%+23.7% +20.2%
5 years +103.1%+190.2%+79.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year +15.2%+23.8%+12.4% +10.1%
10 years +267.2%+692.1%+493.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year +13.9%+23.0%+19.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureJCIPHWTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.4%27.7%27.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%27.6%26.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.230.850.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.000.811.17 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.1%-29.2%-44.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-12.0%-8.1% -3.2%
52-week high $158.77$1,073.86$392.27 $779.14
52-week low $110.85$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.

MultipleJCIPHWTS
P/E now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 21.3x 32.7xmedian 25.4x 31.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.7x 5.5xmedian 1.9x 4.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 13.6x 22.8xmedian 14.5x 19.7xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 17.5x 30.5xmedian 23.6x 34.4xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.9x 7.7xmedian 2.2x 5.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.02median 1.14 1.55median 1.21 2.45median 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 monthsJCIPHWTS
Revenue $25.00B $21.50B $2.68B
Gross profit $9.16B $8.10B $1.31B
Operating income $2.99B $4.63B $512.10M
Net income $3.58B $3.65B $383.80M
Free cash flow $3.17B $3.91B $349.40M
EPS (diluted) $5.87 $28.48 $11.46
Cash & equivalents $641.00M $501.00M $347.90M
Total debt $9.48B $8.52B $108.00M
Shares (diluted) 610.00M 128.10M 33.50M
Enterprise value $82.75B $112.79B $10.27B

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
MetricJCIPHWTS
P/E 25.5x 32.7x 31.5x
P/FCF 28.7x 30.5x 34.4x
P/Operating cash flow 25.6x 27.3x 30.2x
P/S 3.6x 5.5x 4.5x
P/B 6.7x 7.7x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 9.1x 14.6x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 26.5x 22.8x 19.7x
EV/EBIT 33.3x 27.4x 23.0x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 5.9x 4.4x
EV/FCF 31.5x 32.6x 33.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.1x 29.1x 29.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.02 1.55 2.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJCIPHWTS
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 8.3% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 4.1% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.7% 10.8% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 8.0% 13.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.1% 14.1% 26.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% 14.6% 15.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 60.4% 3.3% 23.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.0% 20.5% 12.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 72.9% 5.0% 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 25.0% 21.1% 12.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.5% 15.6% 12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.2% 13.6% 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.8% 16.9% 10.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 56.0% 14.5% 11.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJCIPHWTS
Gross margin 36.7% 37.7% 48.9%
EBITDA margin 15.1% 25.9% 22.3%
Operating margin 12.0% 21.6% 19.1%
Pretax margin 10.9% 21.2% 19.0%
Net margin 14.3% 17.0% 14.3%
FCF margin 12.7% 18.2% 13.1%
Operating cash flow margin 14.2% 20.3% 14.9%
Return on equity 27.0% 24.3% 17.9%
Return on assets 9.5% 11.9% 13.0%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 15.4% 16.8%
Return on capital employed 11.0% 18.8% 21.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.8% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJCIPHWTS
Debt / assets 24.4% 27.6% 3.7%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.4x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 2.2x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 50.1% 25.8%
Equity / assets 34.9% 49.9% 74.2%
Interest coverage – 11.6x 50.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.7x
Altman Z-score – 6.99 12.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJCIPHWTS
Dividend yield 1.1% 0.8% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 6.5% 1.1% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 7.5% 1.9% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.3% – 19.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 30.8% – 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.3% – 21.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.2% – 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.

ConsensusJCIPHWTS
Forward P/E 23.4xFY2027 24.9xFY2027 27.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.41FY2027 $37.94FY2027 $13.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.6%FY2027 +17.4%FY2027 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +8.8% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $26.80BFY2026 $23.49BFY2027 $3.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.6%FY2026 +9.2%FY2027 +23.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.3% +22.0% -5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJCIPHWTS
Held by institutions 89.5% 91.8% 98.6%
Institutions holding 1,600 1,979 581
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +1.2% +1.9%
Institutions buying 792 930 295
Institutions selling 558 694 187
Buyers to sellers 1.42 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.

JCIPHWTS
JCI 1.00 0.52 0.41
PH 0.52 1.00 0.44
WTS 0.41 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JCI, PH and WTS?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Johnson Controls International (JCI) $85.02B, Parker-Hannifin (PH) $114.67B, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) $11.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, JCI, PH and WTS?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 23.8x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.4x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 30.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Johnson Controls International (JCI) is cheapest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 23.4x, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 24.9x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Watts Water Technologies (WTS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Johnson Controls International (JCI) +6.8%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) has the highest net margin (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 14.3%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 14.3%). On return on invested capital, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads (Johnson Controls International (JCI) 10.5%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 16.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Watts Water Technologies (WTS) returned the most: Johnson Controls International (JCI) +32.4%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +22.4%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +32.6%. Over five years, Parker-Hannifin (PH) compounded fastest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) +15.2%/yr, Parker-Hannifin (PH) +23.8%/yr, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +12.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) has the highest dividend yield: Johnson Controls International (JCI) 0.01%, Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.00%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 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%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JCI, 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, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads on 5. 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.