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Quarterhill (QTRH) Competitors

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C$1.64
+0.03 (+1.86%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

QTRH vs. AGF.B, SVC, GS, ARR, STEP, OSI, VRE, REG, SBC, and DC.A

Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include AGF Management (AGF.B), Sandvine (SVC), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Osino Resources (OSI), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), Regulus Resources (REG), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and Dundee (DC.A). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Quarterhill vs.

AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

AGF Management has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Quarterhill's net margin of -14.39%. AGF Management's return on equity of 7.64% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AGF Management16.58% 7.64% 5.20%
Quarterhill -14.39%-13.75%-2.24%

AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. AGF Management pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quarterhill pays out -20.8% 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.

Quarterhill received 156 more outperform votes than AGF Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.08% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 35.74% of users gave AGF Management an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AGF ManagementOutperform Votes
178
35.74%
Underperform Votes
320
64.26%
QuarterhillOutperform Votes
334
62.08%
Underperform Votes
204
37.92%

AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quarterhill has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AGF Management currently has a consensus target price of C$11.82, indicating a potential upside of 10.69%. Quarterhill has a consensus target price of C$2.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.15%. Given Quarterhill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quarterhill is more favorable than AGF Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AGF Management
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Quarterhill
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AGF ManagementC$517.16M1.32C$85.73MC$1.288.34
QuarterhillC$151.42M1.25-C$19.92M-C$0.24-6.83

In the previous week, AGF Management had 1 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AGF Management and 0 mentions for Quarterhill. Quarterhill's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AGF Management's score of -0.54 indicating that Quarterhill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
AGF Management Negative
Quarterhill Neutral

12.9% of AGF Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Quarterhill shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AGF Management beats Quarterhill on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QTRH vs. The Competition

MetricQuarterhillCommunication Equipment IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$189.19MC$381.85MC$22.53BC$4.65B
Dividend Yield2.67%4.73%2.78%6.62%
P/E Ratio-6.83466.17255.5726.20
Price / Sales1.2590.333,435.341,277.03
Price / Cash2.3527.0430.8078.32
Price / Book1.395.346.573.14
Net Income-C$19.92M-C$8.23MC$657.05MC$267.24M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.32%-0.78%0.15%
1 Month Performance-12.30%5.91%0.41%1.39%
1 Year Performance8.61%31.36%18.25%41.34%

Quarterhill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QTRH
Quarterhill
N/AC$1.64
+1.9%
C$2.20
+34.1%
+8.6%C$189.19MC$151.42M-6.83560
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.5655 of 5 stars
C$10.82
+1.7%
C$11.82
+9.3%
+53.2%C$690.97MC$517.16M8.45652
SVC
Sandvine
N/AC$4.39
flat
N/AN/AC$542.07MN/A0.00147,000
GS
Gluskin Sheff + Associates
N/AC$14.24
-0.1%
N/AN/AC$444.64MC$113.89M17.5848,500News Coverage
ARR
Altius Renewable Royalties
1.2427 of 5 stars
C$11.88
+0.2%
C$15.30
+28.8%
+63.7%C$365.79MC$2.67M-148.50N/A
STEP
STEP Energy Services
0.491 of 5 stars
C$4.99
+40.2%
C$5.33
+6.9%
+18.2%C$357.68MC$1B5.541,432News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OSI
Osino Resources
0.2211 of 5 stars
C$1.90
flat
C$1.50
-21.1%
+106.5%C$345.57MN/A-5.943News Coverage
VRE
Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF
N/AC$33.46
+0.8%
N/A+20.1%C$317.87MN/A0.00220
REG
Regulus Resources
N/AC$2.06
-2.8%
N/A+182.2%C$256.80MN/A-68.67440
SBC
Brompton Split Banc
N/AC$10.05
-1.8%
N/A+30.9%C$220.60MC$35.31M11.6940
DC.A
Dundee
N/AC$1.69
-0.6%
N/A+46.1%C$145.73MC$6.44M4.97N/A

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This page (TSE:QTRH) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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