HURC vs. CLIR, ARC, TSE, FTEL, VTNR, LAKE, MKFG, UFI, ACNT, and RSSS
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Trinseo (TSE), Fitell (FTEL), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Markforged (MKFG), Unifi (UFI), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Research Solutions (RSSS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Hurco Companies has a net margin of 0.65% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -186.63%. Hurco Companies' return on equity of 0.63% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
ClearSign Technologies received 7 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 46.01% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.
Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 666.58%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
Hurco Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hurco Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 1 mentions for Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ClearSign Technologies' score of 0.31 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held 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.
Summary
Hurco Companies beats ClearSign Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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