Minco Silver (MSV) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SBR or MSV?

Silver Bear Resources has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minco Silver has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SBR or MSV?

Minco Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silver Bear Resources. Minco Silver 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$15.93M	2.13	-C$69.01M	-C$0.02	-2.50
Minco Silver	N/A	N/A	-C$4.27M	-C$0.07	-2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBR or MSV?

Silver Bear Resources received 123 more outperform votes than Minco Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.50% of users gave Silver Bear Resources an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Minco Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silver Bear Resources	Outperform Votes 198 82.50%	Underperform Votes 42 17.50%
Minco Silver	Outperform Votes 75 64.10%	Underperform Votes 42 35.90%

Does the media prefer SBR or MSV?

In the previous week, Minco Silver had 2 more articles in the media than Silver Bear Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Minco Silver and 0 mentions for Silver Bear Resources. Silver Bear Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Minco Silver'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Silver Bear Resources	Neutral
Minco Silver	Neutral

Is SBR or MSV more profitable?

Silver Bear Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Minco Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silver Bear Resources	N/A	N/A	-6.12%
Minco Silver	N/A	-11.31%	-3.60%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SBR or MSV?

0.5% of Minco Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 86.7% of Silver Bear Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Minco Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SBR or MSV?

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)	N/A
Minco Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Silver Bear Resources beats Minco Silver on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.