BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and BHP Group (LON:BHP) are both non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

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%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HL or BHP?

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

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 5.9%. 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.

Which has stronger valuation & 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	1.73	£9.92B	£123.55	15.44

Which has more risk and volatility, HL or BHP?

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

Does the media prefer HL or BHP?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown and Hargreaves Lansdown both had 1 articles in the media. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BHP Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer HL or BHP?

BHP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,126.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.49%. Given BHP Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BHP Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats BHP Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.