HURC vs. OFLX, FSTR, BOOM, PLL, EML, NNBR, AP, TBLT, PH, and ITW
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), DMC Global (BOOM), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Illinois Tool Works (ITW). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Hurco Companies vs. Its Competitors
Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) and Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Omega Flex pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Hurco Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Omega Flex pays out 79.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hurco Companies pays out -21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omega Flex has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Hurco Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Omega Flex has a net margin of 17.71% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -8.90%. Omega Flex's return on equity of 22.68% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.
Omega Flex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Omega Flex has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hurco Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Omega Flex. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hurco Companies and 4 mentions for Omega Flex. Omega Flex's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Hurco Companies' score of -0.14 indicating that Omega Flex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.1% of Omega Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.2% of Omega Flex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Hurco Companies 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.
Omega Flex received 47 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Omega Flex an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Omega Flex beats Hurco Companies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HURC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
