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Hurco Companies, Inc.

$HURC·$142M·Industrial - Machinery·Industrials
$21.51-1.7%YTD+39.3%1Y+16.1%
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HUHURC
$HURCHurco Companies, Inc.
$21.51-1.69%11 posts-8%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HURC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Comeback attemptAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-20

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Hurco is a $142M CNC-machine-tools microcap up 42% year to date on improving orders and margins per the Q2 print.

Hurco makes computerised industrial machine tools (VMX, VM series CNC mills, lathes) sold primarily to North American, European, and Asian machining customers. The equity is up 42% year to date and 11% over twelve months, sitting at 80% of the 52-week range, and the recent Q2 print highlighted improving orders and margins.

  • Q2 revenue of $40.9M was reported with EPS of -$0.37 (loss narrowing), and the trailing four quarters show revenue declining 8-15% year on year but sequentially stabilising — the machine-tool cycle is trying to bottom, and Hurco is starting to see it.
  • Operating margin of -9.9%, gross margin of 38.8%, and free-cash-flow yield of 5.8% — margins are still loss-making but improving; ROIC of -4.5% shows the operating turn isn't yet done, so the multiple depends on continued cycle recovery.
  • Debt-to-equity of 0.06 is essentially zero, float of 5.4M shares (tiny bucket) with beta 0.70 — the balance sheet is clean, so the equity is a leveraged bet on the industrial machine-tool cycle without balance-sheet risk.

September 4 fiscal Q3 earnings is the print: watch order-book progression, margin expansion versus the Q2 baseline, and any commentary on Asia / Europe segment recovery. If cycle recovery holds, the equity has more room; if orders roll over, the trailing losses reassert themselves.

What to watch: Sept 4 fiscal Q3 earnings: order-book progression, margin expansion, and Asia / Europe segment commentary.

On the calendar: 2026-09-04

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Manufactures CNC machine tools (mills, lathes) for metal cutting across global manufacturing industries.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial - Machinery sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HURC.

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

No material change from last week — electrical infrastructure for AI power density and robotic warehouse/manufacturing automation are pulling order books in different directions.

What this means for $HURC

Partial — Manufactures CNC machine tools (mills, lathes) for metal cutting across global manufacturing industries; partial earnings exposure to industrial - machinery demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Industry benchmark

23-name peer basket
+24.6%YTD
+62.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-10.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-4.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-9.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
5.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-6.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
38.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 5, 2026$-0.37——
Q4 2025Mar 6, 2026$-0.54——
Q4 2025Jan 9, 2026$-0.47——
Q2 2025Sep 5, 2025$-0.58——
Next earningsFri, Sep 4

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$-42.9M-204.9%-24.1%1.9%$-0.37$2.0M
Q1 FY26$42.9M-7.6%18.5%-7.4%$-0.54$-687K
Q4 FY25$45.5M-15.3%17.6%-7.6%$-0.47$3.6M
Q3 FY25$45.8M+7.4%19.9%-3.6%$-0.57$3.0M

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.80%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+9.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+26.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 5.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.705-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 7 other (7 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 163
8-KShareholder voteMar 168-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 12 other (5 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Top 3 Industrials Stocks That May Keep You Up At Night This Monthbenzinga.com·35d agoHurco Stock Gains Post Q2 Earnings as Orders and Margins Improvezacks.com·39d agoHurco Reports Second Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2026globenewswire.com·46d ago

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