PH vs IEX vs GGG Stock Comparison

Parker-Hannifin, Idex and Graco 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
3 wins
IEX Idex Corp /De/
$237.51 +1.9% 1M +41.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.21B
P/E
32.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.66B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins
GGG Graco Inc
$69.16 -11.3% 1M -15.1% 1Y
Market cap
$11.24B
P/E
21.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.31B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Graco leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Graco 6, Parker-Hannifin 3, Idex 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPHIEXGGGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $114.67B $17.21B $11.24B PH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.4x 32.1x 21.7x GGG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.9x 26.0x 20.6x GGG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.3% +6.9% +5.4% PH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.0% 14.6% 22.4% GGG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.4% 10.0% 19.5% GGG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.2x 0.0x GGG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.4% +41.2% -15.1% IEX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.8%/yr +0.4%/yr -2.3%/yr PH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.7% 21.9% 26.6% IEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 57/100 72/100 GGG

Percentile Scorecard

PHIEXGGG

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

AxisPHIEXGGG
Valuation 25 #153 of 204 38 #126 of 204 49 #104 of 204
Growth 69 #60 of 191 44 #107 of 191 37 #121 of 191
Profitability 94 #12 of 189 87 #26 of 189 98 #5 of 189
Financial Health 45 #122 of 221 74 #59 of 221 86 #33 of 221
Shareholder Returns 50 #80 of 158 43 #90 of 158 92 #13 of 158
Overall 57 57 72
  • PH ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • IEX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • GGG ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPHIEXGGGSPY
1 month -2.9%+1.9%-11.3% -2.0%
3 months -4.8%-0.2%-16.0% -2.2%
6 months +8.3%+10.1%-12.1% +4.2%
Year to date +7.5%+33.5%-15.6% +10.6%
1 year +22.4%+41.2%-15.1% +10.4%
3 years +135.5%+21.7%-10.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year +33.1%+6.8%-3.5% +20.2%
5 years +190.2%+1.8%-11.1% +61.6%
5 years, per year +23.8%+0.4%-2.3% +10.1%
10 years +692.1%+178.8%+178.4% +261.3%
10 years, per year +23.0%+10.8%+10.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePHIEXGGGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.7%21.9%26.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%19.9%31.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.850.690.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.811.88-0.57 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.2%-35.9%-30.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.0%-1.3%-27.1% -3.2%
52-week high $1,073.86$240.52$94.82 $779.14
52-week low $768.99$161.68$66.08 $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.

MultiplePHIEXGGG
P/E now vs peer median 32.7xmedian 25.4x 32.7xmedian 25.4x 21.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 1.9x 4.8xmedian 1.9x 4.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 14.5x 19.0xmedian 14.5x 15.2xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.5xmedian 23.6x 26.2xmedian 23.6x 18.5xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 2.2x 4.3xmedian 2.2x 4.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.55median 1.21 -8.57median 1.21 13.34median 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 monthsPHIEXGGG
Revenue $21.50B $3.66B $2.31B
Gross profit $8.10B $1.64B $1.20B
Operating income $4.63B $763.90M $619.56M
Net income $3.65B $535.80M $517.48M
Free cash flow $3.91B $667.10M $600.10M
R&D – – $82.33M
EPS (diluted) $28.48 $7.24 $3.17
Cash & equivalents $501.00M $602.10M $139.82M
Total debt $8.52B $1.75B $134.46M
Shares (diluted) 128.10M 74.00M 163.02M
Enterprise value $112.79B $14.82B $9.26B

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
MetricPHIEXGGG
P/E 32.7x 32.7x 21.5x
P/FCF 30.5x 26.2x 18.5x
P/Operating cash flow 27.3x 23.2x 16.8x
P/S 5.5x 4.8x 4.8x
P/B 7.7x 4.3x 4.5x
P/Tangible book 14.6x 6.0x 5.4x
EV/EBITDA 22.8x 19.0x 15.2x
EV/EBIT 27.4x 24.3x 17.9x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 5.1x 4.8x
EV/FCF 32.6x 27.9x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.1x 24.7x 16.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.55 -8.57 13.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPHIEXGGG
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.3% 6.9% 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 3.5% 1.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.8% 8.1% 4.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 4.1% 1.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.1% 12.2% 3.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 0.7% -0.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.3% 12.1% 3.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.5% -4.6% -0.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.0% 13.9% 7.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.1% -3.8% 1.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.6% 17.0% -1.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.6% 3.3% 3.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.9% 14.2% -4.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 3.9% 14.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPHIEXGGG
Gross margin 37.7% 44.9% 52.0%
EBITDA margin 25.9% 26.7% 31.6%
Operating margin 21.6% 20.9% 26.8%
Pretax margin 21.2% 19.2% 27.6%
Net margin 17.0% 14.6% 22.4%
FCF margin 18.2% 18.2% 26.0%
Operating cash flow margin 20.3% 20.6% 28.6%
Return on equity 24.3% 13.4% 20.7%
Return on assets 11.9% 7.8% 16.2%
Return on invested capital 15.4% 10.0% 19.5%
Return on capital employed 18.8% 12.2% 23.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.9% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPHIEXGGG
Debt / assets 27.6% 25.5% 4.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.2x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 2.2x 2.6x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 50.1% 41.6% 24.3%
Equity / assets 49.9% 58.4% 75.7%
Interest coverage 11.6x – 189.0x
Current ratio 1.3x 2.8x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.8x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 6.99 5.72 10.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPHIEXGGG
Dividend yield 0.8% 1.2% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 1.1% 1.7% 4.2%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 2.9% 5.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 39.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 32.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% –

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.

ConsensusPHIEXGGG
Forward P/E 24.9xFY2027 26.0xFY2026 20.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $37.94FY2027 $9.14FY2026 $3.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.4%FY2027 +15.0%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.8% +12.0% +7.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.49BFY2027 $3.93BFY2026 $2.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2027 +13.7%FY2026 -1.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.0% +3.0% +12.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPHIEXGGG
Held by institutions 91.8% 100.0% 91.0%
Institutions holding 1,979 688 732
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.2% +0.1% +0.8%
Institutions buying 930 352 337
Institutions selling 694 202 281
Buyers to sellers 1.34 1.74 1.20

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.

PHIEXGGG
PH 1.00 0.54 0.53
IEX 0.54 1.00 0.55
GGG 0.53 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PH, IEX and GGG?

Parker-Hannifin (PH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Parker-Hannifin (PH) $114.67B, Idex (IEX) $17.21B, Graco (GGG) $11.24B.

Which stock is cheaper, PH, IEX and GGG?

Graco (GGG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Parker-Hannifin (PH) 31.4x, Idex (IEX) 32.1x, Graco (GGG) 21.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Graco (GGG) is cheapest (Parker-Hannifin (PH) 24.9x, Idex (IEX) 26.0x, Graco (GGG) 20.6x). 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: Parker-Hannifin (PH) +8.3%, Idex (IEX) +6.9%, Graco (GGG) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Graco (GGG) has the highest net margin (Parker-Hannifin (PH) 17.0%, Idex (IEX) 14.6%, Graco (GGG) 22.4%). On return on invested capital, Graco (GGG) leads (Parker-Hannifin (PH) 15.4%, Idex (IEX) 10.0%, Graco (GGG) 19.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Idex (IEX) returned the most: Parker-Hannifin (PH) +22.4%, Idex (IEX) +41.2%, Graco (GGG) -15.1%. Over five years, Parker-Hannifin (PH) compounded fastest (Parker-Hannifin (PH) +23.8%/yr, Idex (IEX) +0.4%/yr, Graco (GGG) -2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Parker-Hannifin (PH) 0.00%, Idex (IEX) 0.01%, Graco (GGG) 0.00%. Parker-Hannifin (PH) and Graco (GGG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idex (IEX) has been the steadiest (Parker-Hannifin (PH) 27.7%, Idex (IEX) 21.9%, Graco (GGG) 26.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PH, IEX and GGG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Graco (GGG) 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.