NF Energy Saving (NFEC) Competitors

Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and NF Energy Saving (NASDAQ:NFEC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PH or NFEC?

82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of NF Energy Saving shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin received 627 more outperform votes than NF Energy Saving when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave NF Energy Saving an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 718 63.65%	Underperform Votes 410 36.35%
NF Energy Saving	Outperform Votes 91 62.76%	Underperform Votes 54 37.24%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than NF Energy Saving.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Parker-Hannifin	$19.93B	4.46	$2.84B	$22.14	31.20
NF Energy Saving	$8.51M	0.01	-$1.56M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NF Energy Saving has a beta of -0.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PH or NFEC more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 14.47% compared to NF Energy Saving's net margin of -45.23%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat NF Energy Saving's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Parker-Hannifin	14.47%	27.95%	11.33%
NF Energy Saving	-45.23%	-11.18%	-7.39%

Does the media refer more to PH or NFEC?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 32 more articles in the media than NF Energy Saving. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 0 mentions for NF Energy Saving. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat NF Energy Saving's score of 0.00 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Parker-Hannifin	Positive
NF Energy Saving	Neutral

Do analysts rate PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus target price of $688.07, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than NF Energy Saving.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
NF Energy Saving	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats NF Energy Saving on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.