GLEN vs. RIO, AAL, BHP, CRH, ANTO, WPM, S32, ADT1, GFM, and KMR
Should you be buying Glencore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glencore include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Anglo American (AAL), BHP Group (BHP), CRH (CRH), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Griffin Mining (GFM), and Kenmare Resources (KMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Glencore has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rio Tinto Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Glencore. Rio Tinto Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glencore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Glencore had 10 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Glencore and 4 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Glencore's score of 0.14 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 341 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Glencore pays out 3,703.7% 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 pays out 6,945.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
47.7% of Glencore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Glencore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Glencore received 165 more outperform votes than Rio Tinto Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 70.35% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote.
Rio Tinto Group has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Glencore's net margin of 1.97%. Rio Tinto Group's return on equity of 18.25% beat Glencore's return on equity.
Glencore currently has a consensus target price of GBX 546.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of GBX 6,351.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Glencore's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Glencore is more favorable than Rio Tinto Group.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats Glencore on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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