BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

BHP Group (LON:BHP) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BHP or HL?

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
BHP Group	£70.41B	1.63	£9.92B	£123.55	14.56
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	0.00	£293.20M	£0.62	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, BHP or HL?

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

Do analysts prefer BHP or HL?

BHP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,716, suggesting a potential upside of 50.93%. Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus price target of GBX 1,055.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given BHP Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

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

Does the media favor BHP or HL?

In the previous week, BHP Group and BHP Group both had 2 articles in the media. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of -0.09 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BHP Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BHP or HL?

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

Is BHP or HL 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
BHP Group	14.09%	18.32%	13.98%
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%

Is BHP or HL a better dividend stock?

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BHP or HL?

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

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats BHP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.