HURC vs. GHM, OFLX, FSTR, EML, PLL, 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), Eastern (EML), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), 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.
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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
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.
Graham has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hurco Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Graham and 0 mentions for Hurco Companies. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Hurco Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graham currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.25%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Graham is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
Summary
Graham beats Hurco Companies on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HURC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
