AAL vs. RIO, GLEN, S32, ADT1, KMR, SOLG, GFM, JLP, CAPD, and ECOR
Should you be buying Anglo American stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anglo American include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), SolGold (SOLG), Griffin Mining (GFM), Jubilee Metals Group (JLP), Capital (CAPD), and Ecora Resources (ECOR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) and Anglo American (LON:AAL) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Rio Tinto Group has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.92%. Anglo American's return on equity of 18.25% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.
Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 341 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Rio Tinto Group pays out 7,104.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Anglo American pays out 42,777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rio Tinto Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Anglo American. Rio Tinto Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo American has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.5% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Anglo American shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Anglo American shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rio Tinto Group received 1105 more outperform votes than Anglo American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 52.41% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote.
Rio Tinto Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 6,301.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Anglo American has a consensus price target of GBX 2,822.86, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Rio Tinto Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Anglo American is more favorable than Rio Tinto Group.
In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group and Rio Tinto Group both had 1 articles in the media. Anglo American's average media sentiment score of 1.05 equaled Rio Tinto Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats Anglo American on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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