HURC vs. FSTR, PLL, NNBR, EML, BOOM, AP, TBLT, OFLX, PH, and ITW
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), NN (NNBR), Eastern (EML), DMC Global (BOOM), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Omega Flex (OFLX), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Illinois Tool Works (ITW). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Hurco Companies vs.
Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Hurco Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than L.B. Foster. Hurco Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.B. Foster, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
L.B. Foster has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.27%. Given L.B. Foster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe L.B. Foster is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
L.B. Foster has a net margin of 7.96% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -6.40%. L.B. Foster's return on equity of 6.01% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.
Hurco Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. L.B. Foster pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hurco Companies pays out -32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. L.B. Foster pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hurco Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Hurco Companies and Hurco Companies both had 1 articles in the media. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat L.B. Foster's score of 0.00 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
L.B. Foster received 83 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.90% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 57.07% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.
Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
L.B. Foster beats Hurco Companies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HURC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
