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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate GHM or HURC?

Graham presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.36%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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 3.8%. 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 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Does the media favor GHM or HURC?

In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graham and 2 mentions for Hurco Companies. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Hurco Companies' score of 0.44 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Graham	Positive
Hurco Companies	Neutral

Which has better 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	1.66	$4.56M	$0.83	36.55
Hurco Companies	$187.94M	0.58	-$16.61M	-$2.98	-5.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Which has more risk and volatility, GHM or HURC?

Graham has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Graham beats Hurco Companies on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.