QTRH vs. ACTG, JYNT, REFR, VHC, AMOD, RMCO, XELB, DLB, IDCC, and APPS
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Acacia Research (ACTG), Joint (JYNT), Research Frontiers (REFR), VirnetX (VHC), Alpha Modus Holdings, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (AMOD), Royalty Management (RMCO), Xcel Brands (XELB), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), InterDigital (IDCC), and Digital Turbine (APPS).
Quarterhill vs.
Quarterhill (NASDAQ:QTRH) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Acacia Research has a net margin of 31.44% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -11.31%. Acacia Research's return on equity of 10.35% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.
Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Acacia Research pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Quarterhill pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acacia Research pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Acacia Research had 2 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Acacia Research and 0 mentions for Quarterhill. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acacia Research received 84 more outperform votes than Quarterhill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.01% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.
Acacia Research has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.27%. Given Acacia Research's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than Quarterhill.
Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acacia Research has higher revenue and earnings than Quarterhill. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acacia Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.2% of Quarterhill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Acacia Research beats Quarterhill on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:QTRH) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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