Which is more profitable, Fastenal or Parker-Hannifin?

Parker-Hannifin keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Fastenal or Parker-Hannifin?

Parker-Hannifin grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Fastenal or Parker-Hannifin?

Parker-Hannifin costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Fastenal or Parker-Hannifin?

Fastenal would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Fastenal vs Parker-Hannifin stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Fastenal has less debt. Parker-Hannifin is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Fastenal	Parker-Hannifin
	$63.3 billion	$121 billion
	15.3%	17.0%
	+7.7%	+8.4%
	50.3×	33.0×
	0.1 years	1.4 years
	28.8%	16.8%
	2.1%	0.9%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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