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Quarterhill (QTRH) Competitors

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QTRH vs. ACTG, JYNT, APPS, REFR, VHC, XELB, RMCO, DLB, IDCC, and TINV

Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Acacia Research (ACTG), Joint (JYNT), Digital Turbine (APPS), Research Frontiers (REFR), VirnetX (VHC), Xcel Brands (XELB), Royalty Management (RMCO), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), InterDigital (IDCC), and Tiga Acquisition (TINV).

Quarterhill vs.

Quarterhill (NASDAQ:QTRH) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quarterhill-11.31% -6.62% -5.54%
Acacia Research 31.44%10.35%8.94%

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 60.43% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QuarterhillOutperform Votes
200
66.01%
Underperform Votes
103
33.99%
Acacia ResearchOutperform Votes
284
60.43%
Underperform Votes
186
39.57%

In the previous week, Acacia Research had 7 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Acacia Research and 0 mentions for Quarterhill. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Quarterhill Neutral
Acacia Research Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quarterhill$77.40M1.77-$49.12M-$0.24-4.79
Acacia Research$125.10M3.45$67.06M$0.538.36

10.2% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Acacia Research has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.01%. Given Acacia Research's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than Quarterhill.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quarterhill
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Acacia Research
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Acacia Research beats Quarterhill on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QTRH vs. The Competition

MetricQuarterhillPatent Owners & Lessors IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$136.64M$979.94M$6.85B$8.81B
Dividend Yield3.33%6.81%2.88%4.07%
P/E Ratio-4.796.0435.3914.45
Price / Sales1.77165.44210.1187.99
Price / CashN/A11.2324.0032.45
Price / Book0.673.415.024.63
Net Income-$49.12M-$7.36M$119.58M$224.84M

Quarterhill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QTRH
Quarterhill
N/A$1.15
flat
N/A-5.7%$136.64M$77.40M-4.79361Gap Down
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.0539 of 5 stars
$4.43
-1.8%
N/A+20.6%$431.35M$125.10M8.36290Gap Down
JYNT
Joint
3.3498 of 5 stars
$10.84
+0.4%
N/A+27.4%$162.38M$117.70M-9.51444Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
APPS
Digital Turbine
4.6303 of 5 stars
$1.23
-2.0%
N/A-76.5%$127.07M$544.48M-0.42840Short Interest ↓
REFR
Research Frontiers
0.055 of 5 stars
$2.00
+1.5%
N/A+97.0%$67.00M$910,000.00-66.626Positive News
VHC
VirnetX
0.1498 of 5 stars
$5.18
-8.0%
N/A-30.3%$19.32M$10,000.00-0.9727News Coverage
Gap Down
XELB
Xcel Brands
0.6799 of 5 stars
$0.71
0.0%
N/A-21.6%$16.63M$17.75M-0.7880News Coverage
Gap Up
RMCO
Royalty Management
N/A$1.04
-1.0%
N/A-80.8%$15.55M$360,000.000.00N/AGap Down
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
4.8515 of 5 stars
$71.04
-0.4%
N/A-12.6%$6.77B$1.30B32.442,246Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
IDCC
InterDigital
2.2464 of 5 stars
$183.47
+0.1%
N/A+90.0%$4.65B$549.59M19.60420Positive News
TINV
Tiga Acquisition
N/A$14.76
+4.3%
N/A+73.3%$509.22MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:QTRH) was last updated on 11/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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