Hadron Energy, Inc. (HDRN) vs Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC)

Hadron Energy, Inc. and Hurco Companies, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Hurco Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $140.1M against $96.5M — 1.5× the size. Hurco Companies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hadron Energy, Inc. trades at 4.0×. Hadron Energy, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −3.62%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −2.29%). Across the 12 metrics below, Hadron Energy, Inc. leads on 9 and Hurco Companies, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 3.98 n/m 29.62
P/S n/m 0.77 2.77
P/B 4.06 0.73 3.04
Price to free cash flow n/m 62.93 23.81
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 16.05
EV/Sales n/m 0.50 2.94
Earnings yield 25.13% (4.76%) 3.08%
Free cash flow yield (6.30%) 1.59% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin — 21.39% 35.90%
Operating margin 0.00% (2.80%) 11.22%
Net margin 0.00% (3.62%) 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 1.22% 9.51%
Return on equity 270.97% (3.35%) 11.10%
Return on assets 22.82% (2.51%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (2.29%) 5.37%

Growth

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (1.90%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 49.19% 8.59% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.91% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 5.04%

Health

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.35
Current ratio 13.26 3.98 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.03 6.43 1.32

Dividend

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — 2.63% 1.12%
Payout ratio — 1.19 0.17

Size

Metric HDRN HURC Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 96.52m 140.08m 1.97b

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