HURC vs. GHM, OFLX, FSTR, PLL, EML, BOOM, NNBR, AP, TBLT, and PH
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), DMC Global (BOOM), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Parker-Hannifin (PH). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Hurco Companies vs.
Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Graham received 122 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Graham had 1 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graham and 5 mentions for Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Graham's score of 0.32 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.62%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graham is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Graham has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -6.40%. Graham's return on equity of 7.91% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.
Graham has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Graham beats Hurco Companies on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HURC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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