QTRH vs. AGF.B, SVC, GS, ARR, OSI, VRE, STEP, REG, SBC, and BAR
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), Osino Resources (OSI), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Regulus Resources (REG), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and Balmoral Resources (BAR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
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.
12.9% of AGF Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of Quarterhill shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Quarterhill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AGF Management currently has a consensus target price of C$11.82, indicating a potential upside of 13.23%. Quarterhill has a consensus target price of C$2.20, indicating a potential upside of 23.60%. Given Quarterhill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quarterhill is more favorable than AGF Management.
AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.
In the previous week, AGF Management had 3 more articles in the media than Quarterhill. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AGF Management and 3 mentions for Quarterhill. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quarterhill has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
AGF Management beats Quarterhill on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:QTRH) was last updated on 10/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
