Quarterhill (QTRH) Competitors

Gluskin Sheff + Associates (TSE:GS) and Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is GS or QTRH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gluskin Sheff + Associates	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quarterhill	-15.57%	-17.95%	-2.24%

Do analysts prefer GS or QTRH?

Quarterhill has a consensus target price of C$2.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.88%. Given Quarterhill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quarterhill is more favorable than Gluskin Sheff + Associates.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gluskin Sheff + Associates	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quarterhill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GS or QTRH?

Gluskin Sheff + Associates has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gluskin Sheff + Associates	C$113.89M	0.00	C$25.29M	C$0.81	N/A
Quarterhill	C$143.02M	0.80	-C$22.26M	-C$0.38	-3.62

Does the media favor GS or QTRH?

In the previous week, Quarterhill had 1 more articles in the media than Gluskin Sheff + Associates. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quarterhill and 0 mentions for Gluskin Sheff + Associates. Gluskin Sheff + Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quarterhill'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gluskin Sheff + Associates	Neutral
Quarterhill	Neutral

Is GS or QTRH a better dividend stock?

Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share. Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quarterhill is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GS or QTRH?

Quarterhill received 2 more outperform votes than Gluskin Sheff + Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Gluskin Sheff + Associates an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gluskin Sheff + Associates	Outperform Votes 333 56.73%	Underperform Votes 254 43.27%
Quarterhill	Outperform Votes 335 62.15%	Underperform Votes 204 37.85%

Summary

Quarterhill beats Gluskin Sheff + Associates on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.