Silver Bear Resources (SBR) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in QTRH or SBR?

3.0% of Quarterhill shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Quarterhill shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Silver Bear Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, QTRH or SBR?

Quarterhill has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silver Bear Resources has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate QTRH or SBR?

Quarterhill currently has a consensus target price of C$2.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.05%. 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
Quarterhill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Silver Bear Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is QTRH or SBR 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
Quarterhill	-15.57%	-17.95%	-2.24%
Silver Bear Resources	-280.89%	14.71%	-6.12%

Does the media refer more to QTRH or SBR?

In the previous week, Quarterhill had 2 more articles in the media than Silver Bear Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Quarterhill and 0 mentions for Silver Bear Resources. Silver Bear Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Quarterhill's score of -0.55 indicating that Silver Bear Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Quarterhill	Negative
Silver Bear Resources	Neutral

Is QTRH or SBR a better dividend stock?

Quarterhill pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Silver Bear Resources pays an annual dividend of C$3.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 6,700.0%. Quarterhill pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silver Bear Resources pays out -8,038.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Silver Bear Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QTRH or SBR?

Quarterhill received 137 more outperform votes than Silver Bear Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.50% of users gave Silver Bear Resources an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Quarterhill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quarterhill	Outperform Votes 335 62.15%	Underperform Votes 204 37.85%
Silver Bear Resources	Outperform Votes 198 82.50%	Underperform Votes 42 17.50%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, QTRH or SBR?

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
Quarterhill	C$143.02M	0.84	-C$22.26M	-C$0.38	-3.83
Silver Bear Resources	C$10.06M	3.37	-C$28.27M	-C$0.04	-1.20

Summary

Quarterhill beats Silver Bear Resources on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.