QTRH vs. ACTG, HQI, MRAM, PAYS, SHIM, SCWO, MTC, GSMG, AIXI, and OB
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Acacia Research (ACTG), HireQuest (HQI), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), PaySign (PAYS), Shimmick (SHIM), 374Water (SCWO), MMTec (MTC), Glory Star New Media Group (GSMG), Xiao-I (AIXI), and Outbrain (OB). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) 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 community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Acacia Research had 3 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Acacia Research and 0 mentions for Quarterhill. Quarterhill's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Acacia Research's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acacia Research has a net margin of 48.92% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -11.31%. Quarterhill's return on equity of 11.47% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.
Acacia Research received 82 more outperform votes than Quarterhill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.01% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote.
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.
Acacia Research currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.58%. Given Quarterhill's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than Quarterhill.
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Quarterhill shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quarterhill has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Acacia Research beats Quarterhill on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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