Together, we are all trying to build our fortune by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work -- scouring company earnings reports, scrutinizing key data, and assessing the competition.

Because of that, we've created a screen based on the massive data aggregated from the more than 140,000 investors competing on our Motley Fool CAPS platform. Each quarter, we check in on select companies after they file a 10-Q and track community sentiment -- so you can see how your company is doing.

Here's the community sentiment on ProShares UltraShort Silver (NYSE:ZSL) both this quarter and last (for comparison), as well as opinions on some related companies.

Metric ProShares UltraShort Silver (NYSE:ZSL) UltraShort QQQ ProShares (NYSE:QID) ULTRASHORT MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSE:EEV) UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth ProShares (NYSE:SDK)
This Quarter (11/16/2009):
Price: $4.22 $20.43 $11.03 $27.98
% of Members Rating Outperform 60% 72% 65% 59%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform 36% 49% 39% 29%
CAPS Rating (out of 5) 1 Stars 1 Stars 1 Stars 1 Stars
Last Quarter (8/18/2009):
Price: $8.32 $27.25 $17.02 $37.09
% of Members Rating Outperform 54% 70% 64% 58%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform 41% 53% 43% 36%
CAPS Rating (out of 5) 1 Stars 1 Stars 1 Stars 1 Stars

Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Dates given are the posting dates of ProShares UltraShort Silver's most recent quarterly and/or annual reports to the SEC's website. Percentages are calculated from the number of members rating each company.

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