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Hurco Companies, Inc.

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$HURC·$143M·Industrial - Machinery·Industrials
$22.99+0.8%YTD+39.4%1Y+37.8%
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HUHURC
$HURCHurco Companies, Inc.
$22.99+0.83%17 posts+433%
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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 2026-08-21

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

CNC machine-tool micro-cap running with orders and margins improving — the reshoring capex signal is showing in a $143M name up 39% year-to-date.

Hurco makes computerized machine tools (vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning centers, press-brake controls) sold globally to metal-cutting job shops. The setup is a small-cap capital-equipment turnaround tied to a specific reshoring-driven machining capex cycle.

  • Q2 fiscal-2026 delivered order growth and margin recovery — Zacks upgraded to Neutral on July 27 flagging order growth, gross-margin improvement, and SG&A leverage, which for a chronically money-losing microcap is the meaningful pivot.
  • Sits at the 89th percentile of the 52-week range, up 39% year-to-date and 24% year-on-year — the tape has re-engaged well ahead of the P&L flipping green, which is the classic turnaround setup where sell-side follows tape.
  • Trades at 1.5x sales and 5.8% free-cash-flow yield with a still-negative TTM PE — the sales multiple is reasonable given the reshoring optionality, and free cash flow going positive before earnings is the correct sequencing.
  • Debt-to-equity at 0.06 and a tiny 5.4M share float — clean balance sheet plus small float amplifies any incremental order-book or reshoring-capex news headline.

What extends the move is Sep 4 fiscal-Q3 confirming the order-growth pattern accelerating and gross margin holding above 20%. What breaks it is a manufacturing-PMI contraction or a specific tariff headline that stalls capex decisions in metal-cutting end markets; the operating leverage is high on the way up, and equally high on the way down at this scale.

What to watch: Sep 4 fiscal-Q3 earnings — no consensus estimate available. Watch order-book size, geographic mix (North America vs. Europe), gross-margin trajectory, and any specific reshoring-capex commentary.

On the calendar: 2026-09-04 — Q3 earnings

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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

Manufacturing reshoring and automation capex are the dual demand drivers; AI-powered robotics and CNC equipment are the fastest-growing segments. Order books remain healthy, though a soft global industrial PMI is a leading risk.

What this means for $HURC

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Hurco Companies, Inc.

Industry benchmark

24-name peer basket
+25.8%YTD
+27.6%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
Q2 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.35——
Q1 2026Jun 5, 2026$-0.37——
Q4 2025Mar 6, 2026$-0.54——
Q4 2025Jan 9, 2026$-0.47——
Next earningsFri, Jan 1

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.2.2×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.90%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.+3.1%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.+26.0%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 today0.8% 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.β0.715-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
+ 9 other (6 13Gs · 1 10-Q · 1 earnings 8-K · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

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

Hurco Reports Profit in Third Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2026globenewswire.com·17h agoHURC vs. TWIN: Which Capital Equipment Stock Offers More Upside?zacks.com·38d agoHurco Upgraded to Neutral on Order Growth, Margin & SG&A Leveragezacks.com·39d agoTop 3 Industrials Stocks That May Keep You Up At Night This Monthbenzinga.com·81d agoHurco Stock Gains Post Q2 Earnings as Orders and Margins Improvezacks.com·85d ago

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