Silver Bear Resources (SBR) Competitors

Silver Bear Resources (TSE:SBR) and Halmont Properties (CVE:HMT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, SBR or HMT?

Silver Bear Resources has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halmont Properties has a beta of -0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SBR or HMT?

Halmont Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Silver Bear Resources. Silver Bear Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halmont Properties, 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
Silver Bear Resources	C$10.06M	3.37	-C$28.27M	-C$0.04	-1.20
Halmont Properties	C$15.02M	7.84	C$18.28M	C$0.15	6.44

Does the media favor SBR or HMT?

In the previous week, Silver Bear Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Halmont Properties'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Silver Bear Resources	Neutral
Halmont Properties	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBR or HMT?

Silver Bear Resources received 158 more outperform votes than Halmont Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.50% of users gave Silver Bear Resources an outperform vote while only 67.80% of users gave Halmont Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silver Bear Resources	Outperform Votes 198 82.50%	Underperform Votes 42 17.50%
Halmont Properties	Outperform Votes 40 67.80%	Underperform Votes 19 32.20%

Is SBR or HMT more profitable?

Halmont Properties has a net margin of 121.75% compared to Silver Bear Resources' net margin of -280.89%. Silver Bear Resources' return on equity of 14.71% beat Halmont Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silver Bear Resources	-280.89%	14.71%	-6.12%
Halmont Properties	121.75%	13.44%	3.56%

Summary

Halmont Properties beats Silver Bear Resources on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.