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Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH)FY2026 investor yearly review
Across FY2026 calls, management leaned on The Win Strategy and interconnected technologies to expand margins, convert cash, and raise guidance as aerospace stayed robust. The year shifted from early-cycle recovery talk to stronger end-market breadth in Q4, alongside a heavier capital-deployment agenda.
Overall investor read
Strong execution, acquisition integration focus
Management combined margin expansion and cash generation with active M&A integration planning, keeping guidance confidence tied to orders and backlog momentum.
Primary financial signal
Free cash flow $3.81B
Full-year free cash flow rose versus prior year, supported by strong conversion discussed across Q1–Q4 and capped by Q4 record cash generation.
Primary call signal
Orders acceleration into Q4
Management emphasized record-setting Q4 order rates and a trailing 12-month order framework, citing better correlation to near-term organic growth.
FY2026 summarizes results, margins, and cash generation for investors.
Revenue
Revenue declined versus prior year amid a large base change.
Operating margin
Operating margin remained strong while management expanded guidance.
Gross margin
Gross margin held at 39.0% through a margin-expansion narrative.
Net income
Net income fell versus prior year while cash stayed resilient.
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS declined versus prior year, despite strong quarterly execution.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow increased versus prior year with strong conversion.
Free cash flow margin
Free cash flow margin at 66.2% reinforced cash-generation quality.
Operating cash flow
Operating cash flow rose year-over-year per provided financial context.
FY2026 moved from early optimism to broad-based order strength, with aerospace resilience and international electronics lifting management’s confidence in margin and cash.
Cost discipline
Across Q1–Q4, management repeatedly framed results around decentralization and the Win Strategy, tying EPS and segment operating margin expansion to productivity, cost controls, and converting orders into operating income. Q4 emphasized broad margin expansion across businesses to finish strongest.
Industrial demand
Quarter-by-quarter materiality and tone for annual transcript themes.
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| Theme | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Next monitor |
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| Orders and backlog become a stronger near-term signal | Positive Orders rose plus 8% with positive organic growth surprise. | Positive Backlog reached a record $11.7B as guidance rose. |
Improvements centered on margin productivity, order-driven visibility, and cash conversion, while challenges clustered around uneven demand cadence, integration complexity, and managing guidance assumptions through variable comps.
Management moved from early-cycle recovery commentary to record backlog and stronger exit-rate orders, including electronics-led international strength, supporting repeated guidance raises.
Across Q1–Q4, management linked EPS and segment margins to productivity, cost controls, and mix management, finishing with record Q4 segment operating margin performance.
Calls repeatedly highlighted second-half weighted conversion and record cash generation; Q4 framed FY execution with $3.9B free cash flow and 107% conversion.
FY2026 calls progressed from record Q1 delivery and early guidance raises to a Q2 capital-and-synergy focus, then order and mix refinement in Q3, ending with record Q4 plus FY27 initiation.
Conversion plus margin expansion
The year started with record Q1 delivery and selective-market realism, then shifted to Q2’s portfolio expansion and cost synergy planning, followed by Q3 order-to-guidance calibration, and concluded with Q4 record exit performance plus new order-rate reporting for FY27.
Management framed Q1 as operational excellence and Win Strategy execution, delivering record sales, margin expansion, and cash conversion. Aerospace and North America recovery supported a guidance increase, while transportation and ag were still described as challenged.
Read earnings transcriptQ2 extended record performance and margin records, while management announced Filtration Group and laid out integration planning using a proven playbook. Guidance rose across organic growth, margins, and free cash flow as management linked optimism to strong orders.
Management guidance was consistently quantitative and raised through the year; actuals presented in the provided financial context indicate year-end outcomes and seasonality.
Reported sales range of 4% to 7% (5.5% midpoint); currency favorable 1.5 points; Curtis included after closing.; Adjusted segment operating margins raised to 27.0% for the year (50 bps higher versus prior).; Full-year free cash flow raised to $3.1B to $3.5B; conversion greater than 100%.
Revenue $5.08B; Gross margin 37.5%; Other $693M
Q1 guidance raises were supported by record sales, margin expansion, and cash conversion, but comparing to full-year targets is not measurable from provided inputs.
Reported sales range increased to 5.5% midpoint (range 5.5% to 7.5%); organic growth to 4%–6% midpoint 5%.; Adjusted segment operating margins raised to 27.2% for the year (20 bps increase).; Full-year free cash flow raised to $3.2B to $3.6B; conversion greater than 100%.
Revenue $5.17B; Gross margin 37.3%; Other $768M
Key investor monitoring centers on order-to-revenue conversion under the new 12-month rolling framework, aerospace mix durability, and whether international electronics strength persists while acquisitions integrate.
Management switched to rolling 12-month industrial order reporting to improve near-term correlation to organic sales growth.
Track management explanations of 3/12 vs 12/12 order rates and whether guidance updates follow order progression.
Aerospace margins and growth were supported by both OEM and aftermarket, while spares/repairs were flagged as hard to forecast.
Management highlighted aerospace as the largest vertical early and continued through year-end, citing robust orders, backlog records, and confident forecasts. Q4 guidance for aerospace remained high single-digit with commercial OEM and aftermarket strength, while mix questions were handled via OEM/aftermarket confidence.
Regional demand divergence
International performance evolved from region-by-region uncertainty in Q1 to improved durability in Q2 and beyond. By Q4, management pointed to electronics-led order strength in international with Asia Pacific and EMEA growth contributions, while choppiness was attributed to long-cycle timing rather than channel restocking.
Capital allocation
Across the year, management built the capital-deployment narrative around Curtis, the pending Filtration Group deal, and later CIRCOR aerospace/defense. They emphasized playbooks, synergy targets, and disciplined leverage/optionality, while maintaining that margins and EPS guidance were not impaired by tariffs or execution issues.
Positive Orders stayed strong across the quarter; guidance confidence held. |
Positive Rolling 12-month order rates introduced after record Q4 exit. |
| Track 3/12 and 12/12 order-rate commentary for industrial conversion and backlog-to-revenue timing. |
| Aerospace keeps double-digit momentum with mix and spares caveats | Positive Aerospace sales hit a record $1.6B; backlog level rose. | Positive Aerospace margins expanded to 30.2% on productivity and spares. | Positive Commercial OEM up 22% and aftermarket up 14% in Q3. | Positive Q4 aerospace organic growth 13.4% with 29.8% margins. | Watch OEM vs aftermarket mix commentary, especially spares/repairs predictability in guidance. |
| International stabilization shifts from choppy orders to electronics-led strength | Mixed EMEA down and uncertainty on tariffs offset Asia Pacific strength. | Positive Europe turned positive while Asia Pacific stayed strongest at plus 9%. | Positive International orders plus 6% again, driven by electronics and defense bookings. | Positive International 3/12 method reached 24% driven by electronics and in-plant. | Monitor EMEA and Asia Pacific order rates, and whether electronics outperformance repeats beyond comps. |
| Win Strategy productivity sustains record margin expansion | Positive Margin expansion of 170 bps; cost controls cited across businesses. | Positive Record margins across the board; incrementals supported EPS growth. | Positive Incrementals stayed strong; North America record margin despite disruptions. | Positive Finish above 28% segment operating margin; broad-based margin expansion. | Follow management’s incremental guidance and any pricing/cost mitigation discussion in Q1/Q2 calls. |
| Cash generation and free cash conversion remain central | Positive Q1 free cash flow up; second-half weighted conversion reiterated. | Positive Free cash flow continued record pace; working capital timing explained. | Positive Year-to-date cash flow records; repurchases continued alongside performance. | Positive FY cash flow surpassed $4B and free cash flow hit $3.9B. | Track cash conversion messaging versus CapEx and integration costs as deals close. |
| M&A integration pace and synergy targets shape execution risk | Mixed Curtis closed; integration described as well underway. | Positive Filtration Group announced; $220M cost synergy and playbook emphasized. | Positive Filtration integration planning continued; no prefunding and synergy confidence reiterated. | Mixed Capital deployment $15B; FY27 guidance excludes pending acquisition impacts. | Monitor regulatory clearance updates and whether guidance assumptions change upon deal closings. |
After earlier uncertainty in EMEA and mixed Asia commentary, Q3 and Q4 tied international order strength to electronics and in-plant improvements, supporting raised international guidance.
Management repeatedly noted orders outpacing shipments and highlighted multiyear and longer-cycle buckets; they treated conversion timing as dependent on customer schedules.
While off-highway and construction improved, management continued to describe transportation and ag as more challenged; this influenced guidance slopes and quarter-by-quarter assumptions.
Filtration Group and CIRCOR approvals were described as customary and ongoing, with guidance framed to exclude pending acquisition impacts until closing data is available.
Management cited high spares/repairs contributions in Q2 and said spares are difficult to forecast, implying step-down risk versus quarter-to-quarter results.
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| Quarter | Revenue | YoY revenue growth | Diluted EPS | Gross margin | Investor read |
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| Q1Sep-25 | $5.08B | -3.0% | $6.29 | 37.5% | Record Q1 started the year with mid-single-digit organic growth and margin expansion, building confidence for guidance. |
| Q2Dec-25 | $5.17B | 1.8% | $6.6 | 37.3% | Q2 reinforced margin and EPS momentum, with Filtration Group deal planning and another guidance step-up. |
| Q3Mar-26 | $5.49B | 6.0% | $7.06 | 36.8% | Q3 kept orders positive and backlog at record levels, supporting raised FY growth and margin assumptions. |
| Q4Jun-26 | $5.75B | 4.9% | $8.54 | 39.0% | Q4 delivered record margin and cash generation, ending FY with new order-rate reporting and FY27 mid-single-digit growth guidance. |
In Q3, management emphasized record backlog and positive order rates across businesses, acknowledged weather disruptions, and refined FY guidance toward a stronger finish. Aerospace and transportation messaging stayed consistent, with mix and spares forecasting described as difficult.
Read earnings transcriptQ4 delivered strongest organic growth of the year with record margins and cash generation, plus 19% order strength on a 3-year basis. Management initiated FY27 guidance excluding pending deals and introduced rolling 12-month order rates to improve near-term correlation.
Read earnings transcriptManagement’s Q2 broad guidance raises followed strong order/backlog and record margins; however, the provided actuals are quarter-level rather than full-year comparisons.
Reported sales growth increased to 7% for the full year; organic growth midpoint raised to 5.5% (Aerospace 12%; Industrial 2.5%).; Adjusted segment operating margins expected at 27.2% for the year (forecasted increase).; Full-year free cash flow raised to $3.3B to $3.6B; midpoint $3.45B; conversion approximately 100%.
Revenue $5.49B; Gross margin 36.8%; Other $881M
Q3 management raised FY assumptions alongside record orders/backlog and held strong confidence; quarter-level actuals are not sufficient for a clean metric-level beat/miss.
FY2026 reported sales growth range implied by prior guidance; Q4 organic growth and margin guidance also provided, with record-setting quarter framing.; Q4 adjusted segment operating margins guided to 27.4%; aerospace Q4 margins guided by segment narrative.; FY2026 free cash flow expected range $3.3B to $3.6B with conversion approximately 100% (from Q3 guide).
Revenue $5.75B; Gross margin 39.0%; Other $3.9B
Q4 was guided and framed as record-setting, but this review’s actual inputs are quarter and FY mix; the metric-level beat/miss cannot be scored reliably.
Watch OEM vs aftermarket split, commercial OEM and MRO growth commentary, and margin step-down or stability across quarters.
International order strength increasingly tied to electronics momentum, supporting raised international growth assumptions.
Monitor EMEA and Asia Pacific order rates, especially electronics and in-plant double-digit growth claims and their persistence.
Management framed FY27 guidance as excluding pending acquisition impacts and emphasized synergy delivery and regulatory clearance timing.
Track regulatory clearance updates, integration playbook milestones, and any change in stated synergy confidence or guidance language.
Management emphasized active pricing muscle and managing tariff dynamics without impact to earnings, treating refunds as non-forecasts.
Listen for any new tariff-related commentary, plus price-cost management updates and whether margins remain record-setting quarter-to-quarter.
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