Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Hurco Companies, Inc. HURC
$22.29 +1.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $144.4M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Jan 1, 2027
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 84 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The company holds net cash of $42.2M (cash above total debt).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $183.2M, down 1.9% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 22%
- Gross marginBottom 33%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
- Interest coverBottom 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.0% | -1.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 21.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -3.9% | -2.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 4.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.9% | -1.0% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 20.0% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Operating margin | -2.5% | -3.9% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | -3.6% | -7.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.6% | 5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.3% | — | Bottom 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.7% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -54.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.20%
- Shareholder yield
- -1.20%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 5
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | — | +0.8% | -4.4% | -2.2% | — |
| Jun 5, 2026 | — | +23.4% | +25.6% | +30.0% | +25.5% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | — | -6.6% | -11.4% | -8.7% | +3.5% |
| Jan 9, 2026 | — | +4.7% | +4.5% | +6.2% | -8.2% |
| Sep 5, 2025 | — | +7.5% | +4.6% | +7.2% | -2.9% |
| Jun 6, 2025 | — | -2.3% | +3.7% | +45.6% | +19.4% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | — | -6.1% | -12.6% | -20.6% | -21.7% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | — | -3.4% | -5.8% | +16.3% | -28.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.35 | — | — | $47.3M |
| Jun 5, 2026 | -$0.37 | — | — | $47.6M |
| Mar 6, 2026 | -$0.54 | — | — | $42.9M |
| Jan 9, 2026 | -$0.47 | — | — | $45.5M |
| Sep 5, 2025 | -$0.58 | — | — | $45.8M |
| Jun 6, 2025 | -$0.62 | — | — | $40.9M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | -$0.67 | — | — | $46.4M |
| Jan 10, 2025 | -$0.23 | — | — | $53.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.56× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.82% | — | — | Top 25% |
| Earnings yield | -4.58% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.4× – 235.2× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 84
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.9%
- RSI (14)
- 52.4
- Relative volume
- 0.52×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -4.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jun 9, 2025 | -65.5% | 1065 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 11, 2020 | Jan 5, 2021 | -14.4% | 15 days | 41 days (Mar 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $144.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $183.2M
- 52-week range
- $14.50 – $24.49
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $235.2M | $250.8M | $227.8M | $186.6M | $178.6M |
| Gross profit | $56.2M | $64.5M | $56.2M | $37.7M | $33.0M |
| Operating income | $10.2M | $12.7M | $6.6M | -$8.3M | -$10.3M |
| Net income | $6.8M | $8.2M | $4.4M | -$16.6M | -$15.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.01 | $1.23 | $0.66 | -$2.56 | -$2.34 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $53.7M | $46.4M | $40.9M | $45.8M | $45.5M | $42.9M | $47.6M | $47.3M |
| Net income | -$1.4M | -$4.3M | -$4.1M | -$3.7M | -$3.0M | -$3.5M | -$2.4M | $2.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.23 | -$0.67 | -$0.63 | -$0.57 | -$0.47 | -$0.54 | -$0.37 | $0.36 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $32.2M | -$4.0M | -$12.8M | -$2.5M | $17.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.4M | -$2.2M | -$2.6M | -$1.2M | -$910,000 |
| Free cash flow | $29.8M | -$6.2M | -$15.4M | -$3.8M | $16.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$3.7M | -$3.9M | -$4.1M | -$2.1M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$2.9M | -$4.6M | -$1.5M | -$2.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $52.1M
- Total assets
- $260.0M
- Total liabilities
- $67.7M
- Total debt
- $9.8M
- Net debt
- -$42.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $192.3M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.16 | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Dec 29, 2023 | $0.16 | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | $0.16 | Oct 16, 2023 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | $0.16 | Jul 10, 2023 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | $0.16 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| Dec 30, 2022 | $0.15 | Jan 17, 2023 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | $0.15 | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | $0.15 | Jul 11, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 37,282
- Days to cover
- 1.12
- Change vs previous report
- -7.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.