QTRH vs. NCMI, HKD, CNDT, KELYA, NWTN, ALLT, PAYS, GAMB, GRRR, and IBEX
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include National CineMedia (NCMI), AMTD Digital (HKD), Conduent (CNDT), Kelly Services (KELYA), NWTN (NWTN), Allot (ALLT), Paysign (PAYS), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR), and IBEX (IBEX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Quarterhill vs. Its Competitors
Quarterhill (NASDAQ:QTRH) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National CineMedia had 9 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for National CineMedia and 1 mentions for Quarterhill. Quarterhill's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat National CineMedia's score of -0.47 indicating that Quarterhill is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National CineMedia has a net margin of -7.68% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -11.31%. National CineMedia's return on equity of -2.83% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.
National CineMedia has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.03%. Given National CineMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National CineMedia is more favorable than Quarterhill.
10.2% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of National CineMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. National CineMedia pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Quarterhill pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National CineMedia pays out -63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
National CineMedia has higher revenue and earnings than Quarterhill. National CineMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quarterhill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
National CineMedia beats Quarterhill on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:QTRH) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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