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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Does the media refer more to PH or NFEC?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 47 more articles in the media than NF Energy Saving. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 0 mentions for NF Energy Saving. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.21 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

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%

Do analysts recommend PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus price target of $722.81, indicating a potential upside of 2.67%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
NF Energy Saving	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger 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	4.55	$2.84B	$22.14	31.80
NF Energy Saving	$8.51M	0.00	-$1.56M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NF Energy Saving has a beta of -0.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PH or NFEC?

Parker-Hannifin received 633 more outperform votes than NF Energy Saving when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% 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 724 63.79%	Underperform Votes 411 36.21%
NF Energy Saving	Outperform Votes 91 62.76%	Underperform Votes 54 37.24%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats NF Energy Saving on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.