MKFG vs. HURC, TPIC, LAKE, EOSE, ARC, VTNR, PESI, MNTX, UFI, and ACNT
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include Hurco Companies (HURC), TPI Composites (TPIC), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), Manitex International (MNTX), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Markforged and Markforged both had 1 articles in the media. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Markforged's score of -0.68 indicating that Hurco Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Markforged currently has a consensus target price of $1.38, suggesting a potential upside of 103.43%. Given Markforged's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than Hurco Companies.
Hurco Companies received 134 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
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.
87.3% of Markforged shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.5% of Markforged shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Markforged has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hurco Companies has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Markforged's net margin of -110.43%. Hurco Companies' return on equity of 0.63% beat Markforged's return on equity.
Summary
Hurco Companies beats Markforged on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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