Parker Hannifin
PH · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$880.57
1.4%Stanley Black & Decker
SWK · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$99.24
0.3%The short version
- Parker Hannifin is the larger business, with $21.5B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $15.1B for Stanley Black & Decker.
- Parker Hannifin grew revenue faster (8.3%, against −1.5%).
- Parker Hannifin turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.2% FCF margin, against 4.6% FCF margin).
- Parker Hannifin earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.6%, against 6.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Parker Hannifin’s earnings: a P/E of 30.9x against 24.2x for Stanley Black & Decker.
| Latest fiscal year | PH · FY26 | SWK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $112.8B | $14.9B |
| Revenue | $21.5B | $15.1B |
| Free cash flow | $3.9B | $688M |
| Net income | $3.6B | $402M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 8.3% | −1.5% |
| 5-year growth | 8.4% | 3.5% |
| Share count change | −1.6% | 0.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 30.3% |
| Operating margin | 23.6% | — |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 2.7% |
| FCF margin | 18.2% | 4.6% |
| Return on capital | 17.6% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 25.1% | 4.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $8.1B | $5.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3x | 4.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.2B | $521M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.9x | 24.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 | 6 |
FY17
PH $12.0B
SWK $13.0B
FY18
PH $14.3B
SWK $14.0B
FY19
PH $14.3B
SWK $12.9B
FY20
PH $13.7B
SWK $12.8B
FY21
PH $14.3B
SWK $15.3B
FY22
PH $15.9B
SWK $16.9B
FY23
PH $19.1B
SWK $15.8B
FY24
PH $19.9B
SWK $15.4B
FY25
PH $19.9B
SWK $15.1B
FY26
PH $21.5B
SWK —
PH
SWK
FY17
PH 14.9%
SWK 15.4%
FY18
PH 14.3%
SWK 13.5%
FY19
PH 15.6%
SWK 15.4%
FY20
PH 14.4%
SWK 17.1%
FY21
PH 17.2%
SWK —
FY22
PH 18.8%
SWK —
FY23
PH 17.9%
SWK —
FY24
PH 20.4%
SWK —
FY25
PH 21.9%
SWK —
FY26
PH 23.6%
SWK —
PH
SWK
FY17
PH $1.1B
SWK $226M
FY18
PH $1.3B
SWK $769M
FY19
PH $1.5B
SWK $1.1B
FY20
PH $1.8B
SWK $1.7B
FY21
PH $2.4B
SWK $144M
FY22
PH $2.2B
SWK −$2.0B
FY23
PH $2.6B
SWK $853M
FY24
PH $3.0B
SWK $753M
FY25
PH $3.3B
SWK $688M
FY26
PH $3.9B
SWK —
PH
SWK
FY17
PH 16.9%
SWK 15.6%
FY18
PH 12.5%
SWK 9.6%
FY19
PH 17.6%
SWK 14.6%
FY20
PH 13.2%
SWK 15.9%
FY21
PH 13.6%
SWK 10.7%
FY22
PH 14.3%
SWK 2.2%
FY23
PH 12.5%
SWK 0.9%
FY24
PH 14.4%
SWK 4.9%
FY25
PH 16.7%
SWK 6.2%
FY26
PH 17.6%
SWK —
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