Quarterhill (QTRH) Competitors

Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Quarterhill (NASDAQ:QTRH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to BBCP or QTRH?

In the previous week, Concrete Pumping had 5 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Concrete Pumping and 0 mentions for Quarterhill. Concrete Pumping's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that Concrete Pumping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concrete Pumping	Positive
Quarterhill	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BBCP or QTRH?

Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBCP or QTRH?

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BBCP or QTRH?

Concrete Pumping presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. Given Concrete Pumping's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Quarterhill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Quarterhill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BBCP or QTRH?

Concrete Pumping has higher revenue and earnings than Quarterhill. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concrete Pumping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Concrete Pumping	$425.87M	0.85	$16.21M	$0.22	31.64
Quarterhill	$77.40M	1.20	-$49.12M	-$0.24	-3.26

Is BBCP or QTRH more profitable?

Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -11.31%. Concrete Pumping's return on equity of 5.33% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concrete Pumping	3.57%	5.33%	1.73%
Quarterhill	-11.31%	-6.62%	-5.54%

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats Quarterhill on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.