Head-To-Head Comparison: Hurco Companies (HURC) & The Competition

Hurco Companies (NASDAQ:HURC) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Hurco Companies to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Hurco Companies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hurco Companies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hurco Companies Competitors	4216	14736	18264	809	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 30.83%. Given Hurco Companies’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hurco Companies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hurco Companies and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hurco Companies	$178.55 million	-$15.12 million	-19.78
Hurco Companies Competitors	$4.64 billion	$362.62 million	6.26

Hurco Companies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Hurco Companies. Hurco Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Hurco Companies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hurco Companies	-3.58%	-3.37%	-2.51%
Hurco Companies Competitors	-1,035.57%	-36.60%	-0.39%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Hurco Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held 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.

Volatility & Risk

Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies’ peers have a beta of 4.54, meaning that their average stock price is 354% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hurco Companies peers beat Hurco Companies on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Hurco Companies Company Profile

Hurco Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells computerized machine tools and related software and control systems. Its products help manufacturers program and operate equipment for producing precision parts, including computer numerical control (CNC) milling and turning machines. The company’s offerings include CNC controls, programming software and technical support, as well as machine tools marketed under brands including Hurco, Milltronics and Takumi. Its products serve manufacturers across a range of industries and production settings.