BHP vs. RIO, FCX, VALE, SCCO, VNTRQ, VNTR, LIN, ECL, APD, and NEM
Should you be buying BHP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BHP Group include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Linde (LIN), Ecolab (ECL), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 9 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BHP Group and 9 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat BHP Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BHP Group presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.13%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.44%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.
Rio Tinto Group received 605 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.36% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 66.08% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.
BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $5.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BHP Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rio Tinto Group.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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