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Quarterhill Inc. (QTRH.TO)

CAD2.53 -0.02 (-0.59%)
CA TSX Technology Communication Equipment
Address 25 King Street West M5L 2A1
Toronto, ON, CA
CEO Charles Myers
IPO 1999-10-28
ISIN CA7477131055

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Also trades on Other OTC · QTRHF (USD) Toronto Stock Exchange · QTRH.TO (CAD)
Description

Quarterhill Inc. operates internationally across two distinct business areas: intellectual property (IP) licensing and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Its Licensing segment manages an extensive portfolio of patents, covering various technological advancements such as wireless and wired communications, diverse memory technologies (including Flash, DRAM, and interface solutions), semiconductor design and packaging, automotive applications, computer gaming, intelligent personal assistants, enhanced image and streaming video processing, and analog circuitry. The Intelligent Systems division offers a comprehensive suite of products and services for advanced transportation infrastructure. This includes enforcement technologies like red light and speed cameras, automated weigh stations for trucks, and toll road equipment. Additionally, it provides sophisticated traffic management and safety platforms, featuring products such as the VectorSense tire sensor suite and the Vehicle Information-In-Motion traffic intelligence system. Other offerings span integrated traffic control solutions, a range of weigh-in-motion systems (both permanent and portable), portable wheel load scales, traffic data collection devices, vehicle and axle detection equipment, and automated vehicle identification services and hardware. These ITS products and services are distributed globally through direct sales, distributors, agents, contractors, and systems integrators. Originally incorporated in 1992 as Wi-LAN Inc., the company rebranded as Quarterhill Inc. in June 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Price
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CAD2.53 -0.02 (-0.59%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
251.1K
Beta
0.80
Float Shares
113.29M
Free Float %
95.2%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
+3.45% +21.62% +25.87% +78.22% +93.55% +89.47% +20.00% +47.54% -23.73% -45.95% -89.22%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (1 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
2.53
Ratings Trend (MoM) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 2 0
Buy 1 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
-1.12
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
1 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C-
Overall Score
1 / 5
Low
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Communication Equipment: +9.8%
    +48.2% Q1'26: +59.6% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Communication Equipment: +36.4%
    -576.3% Q1'26: +11.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Communication Equipment: +59.0%
    -3.0% Q1'26: -15.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Communication Equipment: +4.7%
    -11.4% Q1'26: -9.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Communication Equipment: +3.7%
    -15.2% Q1'26: -11.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Communication Equipment: +0.0%
    +1.2% Q1'26: +2.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Communication Equipment: -1.04×
    -8.83× Q1'26: -20.25× (vs Q1'25)
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.70) × ERP
WACC = 78% × Ke + 22% × Kd (10.5%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Current price: 2.53
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
actual
Dec 2016
actual
Dec 2017
actual
Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2020
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2022
actual
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Dec 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
3 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
131.59M
est: 137.16M (-4.1%)
124.83M
est: 109.07M (+14.5%)
174.86M
est: 171.39M (+2.0%)
100.32M
est: 104.94M (-4.4%)
172.93M
est: 178.98M (-3.4%)
144.53M
est: 161.65M (-10.6%)
125.70M
est: 134.86M (-6.8%)
159.33M
est: 311.32M (-48.8%)
194.32M
est: 151.42M (+28.3%)
106.53M
est: 222.48M (-52.1%)
157.89M
est: 214.23M (-26.3%)
232.61M
229.94M – 235.45M
+8.6% YoY
254.37M
251.86M – 258.74M
+9.4% YoY
EBITDA
94.59M
est: 5.86M (+1,515.3%)
77.44M
est: 4.66M (+1,563.1%)
80.76M
est: 7.32M (+1,003.7%)
-14.96M
est: 4.48M (-434.0%)
41.28M
est: 7.64M (+440.2%)
30.53M
est: 6.90M (+342.4%)
4.24M
est: 5.76M (-26.3%)
-11.46M
est: 13.29M (-186.3%)
-8.92M
est: -2.27M (-292.6%)
5.53M
est: -3.34M (+265.6%)
-6.76M
est: -3.21M (-110.3%)
-3.49M
-3.53M – -3.45M
-8.6% YoY
-3.82M
-3.88M – -3.78M
-9.4% YoY
EBIT
49.62M
est: -8.93M (+655.8%)
31.53M
est: -7.10M (+544.0%)
46.43M
est: -11.16M (+516.1%)
-50.15M
est: -6.83M (-634.2%)
21.41M
est: -11.65M (+283.8%)
9.72M
est: -10.52M (+192.4%)
-19.14M
est: -8.78M (-118.0%)
-27.64M
est: -20.27M (-36.4%)
-24.72M
est: -17.85M (-38.5%)
-2.44M
est: -26.22M (+90.7%)
-17.92M
est: -25.25M (+29.0%)
-27.42M
-27.75M – -27.10M
-8.6% YoY
-29.98M
-30.50M – -29.69M
-9.4% YoY
Net Income
12.84M
est: 66.91M (-80.8%)
14.85M
est: 61.11M (-75.7%)
13.27M
est: 75.17M (-82.3%)
-63.67M
est: -21.01M (-203.0%)
12.66M
est: 25.43M (-50.2%)
970.0K
est: 19.98M (-95.1%)
-22.18M
est: -1.22M (-1,714.0%)
2.77M
est: 24.94M (-88.9%)
-50.00M
est: -20.28M (-146.6%)
-7.66M
est: -19.66M (+61.0%)
-55.36M
est: -30.56M (-81.2%)
-1.61M
-1.63M – -1.58M
+94.7% YoY
14.46M
14.23M – 14.70M
+1,000.0% YoY
SGA
9.01M
est: 27.22M (-66.9%)
12.62M
est: 21.64M (-41.7%)
19.97M
est: 34.01M (-41.3%)
34.74M
est: 20.83M (+66.8%)
37.52M
est: 35.52M (+5.6%)
26.87M
est: 32.08M (-16.2%)
33.34M
est: 26.76M (+24.6%)
53.52M
est: 61.78M (-13.4%)
35.03M
est: 36.87M (-5.0%)
19.79M
est: 54.17M (-63.5%)
39.50M
est: 52.16M (-24.3%)
56.63M
55.98M – 57.33M
+8.6% YoY
61.93M
61.32M – 63.00M
+9.4% YoY
EPS
0.11
est: 0.58 (-81.0%)
0.12
est: 0.53 (-77.3%)
0.11
est: 0.65 (-83.1%)
-0.54
est: -0.18 (-196.5%)
0.09
est: 0.22 (-57.6%)
0.01
est: 0.17 (-95.2%)
-0.19
est: -0.01 (-1,692.5%)
0.02
est: 0.22 (-88.8%)
-0.44
est: -0.17 (-154.1%)
-0.07
est: -0.17 (+58.6%)
-0.47
est: -0.26 (-80.1%)
-0.01
-0.01 – -0.01
+94.7% YoY
0.12
0.12 – 0.13
+1,000.0% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-15 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-14 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-13 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-04 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-01 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
862.6K
OE per share TTM
0.01
Owner's Yield
0.40%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
7.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 4 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF DFIS 0.00% 218.4K 0.39%
2 Dimensional - International Vector Equity ETF DXIV 0.00% 1.7K 0.53%
3 Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETF DFIC 0.00% 98.9K 0.22%
4 Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF DFAX 0.00% 56.2K 0.28%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-38.4K
Shares Outstanding
118.99M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

No SEC filings available for this company yet.

Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Charles Myers Chief Executive Officer & Director 2M male
Richard C. Strobridge Chief Revenue Officer 620.5K male
David Charron Chief Financial Officer 570.5K male
Sarah Pell Vice President of Marketing female
Donna Bergan Vice President of Marketing female
Ana Guerra Chief People Officer female
Majorie Winters General Counsel female
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

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