Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC) vs NET Power Inc. (NPWR)

Hurco Companies, Inc. and NET Power Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. NET Power Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $247.4M against $134.7M — 1.8× the size. Hurco Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.90% against −40.5%. NET Power 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 16 metrics below, Hurco Companies, Inc. leads on 9 and NET Power Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E n/m n/m 28.39
P/S 0.75 235.75 2.70
P/B 0.71 1.06 3.02
Price to free cash flow 61.62 n/m 23.32
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 15.39
EV/Sales 0.47 (586.50) 2.81
Earnings yield (4.86%) (644.00%) 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 1.62% (189.28%) 3.24%

Profitability

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 21.39% 57.60% 35.90%
Operating margin (2.80%) 0.00% 11.22%
Net margin (3.62%) 0.00% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 1.22% 0.00% 9.51%
Return on equity (3.35%) (149.00%) 10.50%
Return on assets (2.51%) (49.00%) 4.60%
Return on invested capital (2.29%) 0.00% 5.36%

Growth

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.90%) (40.48%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.59% (995.52%) 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.91% — 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 5.04%

Health

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.35
Current ratio 3.98 17.80 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 6.43 1.56 1.32

Dividend

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric HURC NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 134.71m 247.35m 1.91b

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