Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin's revenue rose 8.3% to $21.5 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 23.6%, up from 21.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $3.9 billion, up 16.9%. It paid out $2.2 billion in dividends and buybacks, 56% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
What Parker Hannifin does
Parker-Hannifin designs and makes motion and control products: parts and systems that move, control and seal equipment, such as hydraulic, pneumatic, filtration and engineered materials products. It also provides aftermarket support. Customers are mainly in aerospace and defense, industrial equipment, transportation, off-highway vehicles, energy, and heating, cooling and refrigeration. It was incorporated in Ohio in 1938.
It has two reportable segments. Of its $21.5 billion in net sales for fiscal 2026, the Diversified Industrial segment made up 67% and the Aerospace Systems segment made up 33%. Diversified Industrial sells to equipment makers and to distributors that serve the replacement market. Aerospace Systems sells to commercial transport, regional, defense, helicopter and business jet customers.
Parker runs a decentralized operating structure and a management system it calls the Win Strategy. It offers hundreds of thousands of individual part numbers.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Weak economic conditions around the world that cut demand for its products.
- Swings in the price and supply of raw materials and components.
- Needing heavy spending on new products to stay competitive.
- Problems integrating acquired companies and managing joint ventures.
- Debt and credit facility covenants that could limit its flexibility.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 16.4% a year and net income 15.7% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 6%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Parker Hannifin yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Parker Hannifin's 10-K and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Parker Hannifin's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $3.9B, net cash of −$8.1B at June 30, 2026 and 128 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Parker Hannifin: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 4.1% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $904.43
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Parker Hannifin's earnings per share of $28.48 (in fiscal 2026). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 26.7×, the middle of Parker Hannifin's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Industrials median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $904.43
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Parker Hannifin's P/E at the last close
- 31.8×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. W. GraingerGWW | $1,357.60 | $39.21 | 34.6× |
| Parker HannifinPH | $904.43 | $28.48 | 31.8× |
| Illinois Tool WorksITW | $276.22 | $11.03 | 25.0× |
| Stanley Black & DeckerSWK | $99.37 | $4.10 | 24.2× |
| Otis WorldwideOTIS | $75.27 | $3.89 | 19.3× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 11.5 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 10.9 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.1x | 2.9x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 1.3x |
| Debt to equity | 1.3x | 1.2x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 11.7x | 5.9x | 8.0x | 10.6x | 12.6x |
| Current ratio | 2.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 1.2x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Parker Hannifin shares on the open market, and 14 insiders sold $49.7 million.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Laura K ThompsonDirector | Sold | 160 | $958.95 | $153,432 | Form 4 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Berend BrachtVP & Pres.- Motion Sys. Grp. | Sold | 602 | $1,040.47 | $626,363 | Form 4 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Patrick ScottVP & Pres-Fluid Conn. Grp. | Sold | 1,235 | $1,057.00 | $1.3 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Andrew D RossPresident & COO | Sold | 5,498 | $1,057.57 | $5.8 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Dinu J ParelVP & Chief Digital & Info Off. | Sold | 4,469 | $1,057.42 | $4.7 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Mark J HartEVP-HR & External Affairs | Sold | 2,497 | $1,057.00 | $2.6 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | James VerrierDirector | Sold | 1,500 | $1,058.00 | $1.6 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Berend BrachtVP & Pres.- Motion Sys. Grp. | Sold | 700 | $1,055.03 | $738,521 | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Patrick ScottVP & Pres-Fluid Conn. Grp. | Sold | 631 | $1,053.20 | $664,569 | Form 4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Jay ReidyVP & Pres.-Aerospace Grp. | Sold | 300 | $1,055.77 | $316,731 | Form 4 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Berend BrachtVP & Pres.- Motion Sys. Grp. | Sold | 1,127 | $1,002.13 | $1.1 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Rachid BendaliVP & Pres.- Eng. Mat. Grp. | Sold | 412 | $1,006.74 | $414,777 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −1.8% | −0.8% | −2.4% |
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| Parker Hannifin | FY26 | 8.3% | 23.6% | 18.2% | 17.6% | 1.3x | 9 | |
| W. W. Grainger | FY25 | 4.5% | 13.9% | 7.4% | 32.3% | 0.7x | 6 | Compare |
| Illinois Tool Works | FY25 | 0.9% | 26.3% | 16.9% | 30.2% | 1.8x | 6 | Compare |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 12.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 21.5 |
| Revenue growth | 5.9% | 18.9% | 0.1% | −4.4% | 4.8% | 10.6% | 20.2% | 4.5% | −0.4% | 8.3% |
| Gross profit | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| Research and development | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Operating income | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| Net income | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 7.25 | 7.83 | 11.57 | 9.26 | 13.35 | 10.09 | 16.04 | 21.84 | 27.12 | 28.48 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 136 | 135 | 132 | 130 | 131 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 128 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Free cash flow | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Dividends paid | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Share buybacks | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Acquisitions | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 5.9 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| Total assets | 15.5 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 25.9 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 29.5 | 30.9 |
| Total liabilities | 10.2 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 17.1 | 19.6 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 15.5 |
| Shareholders' equity | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 15.4 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 24.9% | 25.4% | 24.9% | 33.1% | 33.5% | 33.7% | 35.8% | 36.9% | 37.7% |
| Operating margin | 14.9% | 14.2% | 15.6% | 14.4% | 17.1% | 18.8% | 17.9% | 20.4% | 21.9% | 23.6% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 7.4% | 10.7% | 8.8% | 12.2% | 8.3% | 10.9% | 14.3% | 17.8% | 17.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.1% | 9.4% | 10.7% | 13.4% | 16.5% | 13.9% | 13.6% | 15.0% | 16.8% | 18.2% |
| Return on capital | 16.9% | 12.5% | 17.6% | 13.2% | 13.6% | 14.3% | 12.5% | 14.4% | 16.6% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 20.0% | 19.1% | 25.8% | 19.7% | 23.9% | 15.3% | 21.7% | 25.4% | 27.4% | 25.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 6.9% | 9.2% | 6.4% | 8.7% | 5.7% | 7.5% | 9.6% | 12.0% | 12.1% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.3x | 1.6x | 1.4x | 3.1x | 1.9x | 3.1x | 2.9x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 1.3x |