HURC vs. SYPR, CLIR, TPIC, LAKE, ARC, MNTX, MKFG, UFI, ACNT, and TSE
Should you be buying Hurco Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hurco Companies include Sypris Solutions (SYPR), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), TPI Composites (TPIC), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Manitex International (MNTX), Markforged (MKFG), Unifi (UFI), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Trinseo (TSE).
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Hurco Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Sypris Solutions. Sypris Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hurco Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hurco Companies has a net margin of 0.65% compared to Hurco Companies' net margin of -1.17%. Sypris Solutions' return on equity of 0.63% beat Hurco Companies' return on equity.
Sypris Solutions received 4 more outperform votes than Hurco Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Hurco Companies an outperform vote while only 42.61% of users gave Sypris Solutions an outperform vote.
Sypris Solutions has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurco Companies has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.7% of Sypris Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of Sypris Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Hurco Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hurco Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Sypris Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hurco Companies and 1 mentions for Sypris Solutions. Hurco Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Sypris Solutions' score of -0.50 indicating that Sypris Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hurco Companies beats Sypris Solutions on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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