Both in Industrial Instruments

Mesa Laboratories vs Hurco Cos

Over the past year MLAB returned +70.4% and HURC returned +19.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.12.

MLAB +70.4% HURC +19.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMLABHURC
Price$131.02$21.60
Market cap$733.1M$139.9M
Today+1.37%+2.27%
1 month0.0%−2.2%
6 months+36.8%+29.5%
Year to date+66.9%+39.8%
1 year+70.4%+19.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.0%+3.2%
Gross margin64.9%27.9%
Net margin4.7%4.7%
P/E (TTM)152.7×—
Price / sales2.9×0.8×
Net cash-$112.2M$52.1M
Dividend yield0.49%—
Volatility (60d)46.5%31.7%
Short % of float7.7%0.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).