BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and BHP Group (LON:BHP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 298 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote while only 38.93% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 109 38.93%	Underperform Votes 171 61.07%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HL or BHP?

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreaves Lansdown. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BHP Group, 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
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	0.00	£293.20M	£0.62	N/A
BHP Group	£70.41B	1.66	£9.92B	£123.55	14.86

Do analysts prefer HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,055.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,716, suggesting a potential upside of 47.89%. Given BHP Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to HL or BHP?

In the previous week, BHP Group had 4 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BHP Group and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat BHP Group's score of -0.01 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	Positive
BHP Group	Neutral

Is HL or BHP a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BHP Group pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BHP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HL or BHP?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of BHP Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HL or BHP more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 82.61% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 14.09%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%
BHP Group	14.09%	18.32%	13.98%

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats BHP Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.