MKFG vs. HURC, ARC, TSE, LAKE, MNTX, FTEL, EOSE, VTNR, UFI, and ACNT
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include Hurco Companies (HURC), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Trinseo (TSE), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Manitex International (MNTX), Fitell (FTEL), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Unifi (UFI), and Ascent Industries (ACNT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Markforged had 9 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Markforged and 3 mentions for Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Markforged's score of -0.09 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Markforged presently has a consensus target price of $1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 134.45%. Given Markforged's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of Markforged shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hurco Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Markforged. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hurco Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hurco Companies received 133 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Hurco Companies has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Markforged's net margin of -133.52%. Hurco Companies' return on equity of 0.63% beat Markforged's return on equity.
Markforged has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hurco Companies beats Markforged on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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