QTRH vs. GS, ARR, OSI, STEP, VRE, REG, SBC, DC.A, AHR, and BAR
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Osino Resources (OSI), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), Regulus Resources (REG), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Dundee (DC.A), Amarc Resources (AHR), and Balmoral Resources (BAR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Quarterhill vs.
Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (TSE:GS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
3.0% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Quarterhill shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share. Quarterhill pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quarterhill is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quarterhill currently has a consensus target price of C$2.20, suggesting a potential upside of 30.18%. Given Quarterhill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Quarterhill is more favorable than Gluskin Sheff + Associates.
Quarterhill received 1 more outperform votes than Gluskin Sheff + Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.08% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Gluskin Sheff + Associates an outperform vote.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -15.57%. Gluskin Sheff + Associates' return on equity of 0.00% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.
In the previous week, Quarterhill's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gluskin Sheff + Associates'average media sentiment score.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quarterhill. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gluskin Sheff + Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quarterhill beats Gluskin Sheff + Associates on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:QTRH) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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