Hurco Companies (HURC) Competitors

Graham (NYSE:GHM) and Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is GHM or HURC a better dividend stock?

Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hurco Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Graham pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hurco Companies pays out -21.5% 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.

Do analysts rate GHM or HURC?

Graham presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.55%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graham is more favorable than Hurco Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hurco Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHM or HURC?

Graham received 123 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graham	Outperform Votes 266 63.79%	Underperform Votes 151 36.21%
Hurco Companies	Outperform Votes 143 60.34%	Underperform Votes 94 39.66%

Does the media prefer GHM or HURC?

In the previous week, Hurco Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hurco Companies and 5 mentions for Graham. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Graham's score of 0.67 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graham	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hurco Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GHM or HURC more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -8.90%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graham	4.60%	9.35%	4.16%
Hurco Companies	-8.90%	-7.78%	-5.97%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GHM or HURC?

Graham has higher revenue and 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graham	$199.62M	1.59	$4.56M	$0.83	34.98
Hurco Companies	$187.94M	0.54	-$16.61M	-$2.98	-5.24

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GHM or HURC?

69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GHM or HURC?

Graham has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Graham beats Hurco Companies on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.