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Quarterhill (TSX:QTRH) Profitability Rank : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Quarterhill Profitability Rank?

Quarterhill has the Profitability Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Quarterhill's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -11.83%. As of today, Quarterhill's Piotroski F-Score is 4.


Competitive Comparison of Quarterhill's Profitability Rank

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Quarterhill's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Quarterhill's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Quarterhill's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quarterhill's Profitability Rank falls into.



Quarterhill Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Quarterhill has the Profitability Rank of 7.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Quarterhill's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-5.586 / 47.237
=-11.83 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Quarterhill has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Quarterhill (TSX:QTRH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 King Street West, Suite 1101, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5L 2A1
Quarterhill Inc is focused on the acquisition, management, and growth of companies in the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and innovation and licensing industries. It operates in two segments Licensing, which includes companies that count licensing as their principal business activity, and Intelligent Transportation Systems, which include companies that provide integrated systems and solutions to the ITS industry and its adjacent markets. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, Chile, China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Rest of the world. The majority of the revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Pamela Faye Steer Director
Rusty Lewis Director
Charles (chuck) Myers Director, Senior Officer

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