QTRH vs. VCM, SYZ, ALYA, ESP, MDF, TC, HAI, PAY, MOGO, and CVO
Should you be buying Quarterhill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quarterhill include Vecima Networks (VCM), Sylogist (SYZ), Alithya Group (ALYA), Brompton Energy Split (ESP), mdf commerce (MDF), Tucows (TC), Haivision Systems (HAI), Payfare (PAY), Mogo (MOGO), and Coveo Solutions (CVO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vecima Networks (TSE:VCM) and Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Vecima Networks has a net margin of 5.37% compared to Vecima Networks' net margin of -33.77%. Quarterhill's return on equity of 6.88% beat Vecima Networks' return on equity.
Vecima Networks pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Vecima Networks pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quarterhill pays out -13.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quarterhill received 221 more outperform votes than Vecima Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Vecima Networks an outperform vote.
Vecima Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Quarterhill. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vecima Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vecima Networks and Vecima Networks both had 1 articles in the media. Vecima Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Quarterhill's score of 0.00 indicating that Quarterhill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vecima Networks has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quarterhill has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vecima Networks currently has a consensus price target of C$27.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.95%. Quarterhill has a consensus price target of C$2.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Quarterhill's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vecima Networks is more favorable than Quarterhill.
15.7% of Vecima Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Quarterhill shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Vecima Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Quarterhill shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Vecima Networks beats Quarterhill on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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