HURC vs. SYPR, GHM, BOOM, FSTR, PLL, NNBR, EML, AP, TBLT, and MLAB
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), NN (NNBR), Eastern (EML), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Mesa Laboratories (MLAB).
Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ:SYPR) and Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Hurco Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Sypris Solutions. Hurco Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sypris Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.7% of Sypris Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.4% of Sypris Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sypris Solutions has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sypris Solutions received 4 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.00% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 41.29% of users gave Sypris Solutions an outperform vote.
Hurco Companies has a net margin of -1.38% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -2.61%. Sypris Solutions' return on equity of -1.30% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Sypris Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Hurco Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sypris Solutions and 2 mentions for Hurco Companies. Sypris Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Hurco Companies' score of 0.39 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hurco Companies beats Sypris Solutions on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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