Silver Bear Resources (SBR) Competitors

Silver Bear Resources (TSE:SBR) and Quarterhill (TSE:QTRH) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer SBR or QTRH?

Quarterhill has a consensus price target of C$2.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.31%. Given Quarterhill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quarterhill is more favorable than Silver Bear Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silver Bear Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quarterhill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to SBR or QTRH?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Silver Bear Resources	Neutral
Quarterhill	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, SBR or QTRH?

Quarterhill has higher revenue and earnings than Silver Bear Resources. Quarterhill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silver Bear Resources, 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$7.17M	4.73	-C$28.27M	-C$0.03	-1.67
Quarterhill	C$153.86M	0.79	-C$22.26M	-C$0.17	-6.12

Is SBR or QTRH more profitable?

Quarterhill has a net margin of -15.57% compared to Silver Bear Resources' net margin of -280.89%. Silver Bear Resources' return on equity of 14.71% beat Quarterhill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silver Bear Resources	-280.89%	14.71%	-6.12%
Quarterhill	-15.57%	-17.95%	-2.24%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBR or QTRH?

0.3% of Silver Bear Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Quarterhill shares are owned by institutional investors. 86.7% of Silver Bear Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Quarterhill shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Quarterhill beats Silver Bear Resources on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.