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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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Intel co-founder, philanthropist Gordon Moore dies at 94
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LON:BHP

BHP Group - BHP Competitors

GBX 2,372
+10.50 (+0.44%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
2,328
2,383
50-Day Range
2,355
2,855
52-Week Range
1,998.60
3,040
Volume
1.52 million shs
Average Volume
1.66 million shs
Market Capitalization
£120.02 billion
P/E Ratio
812.33
Dividend Yield
9.53%
Price Target
GBX 2,466.67

BHP vs. RIO, GLEN, AAL, BP, CRH, ANTO, S32, FRES, KAZ, and POLY

Should you be buying BHP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BHP Group include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN), Anglo American (AAL), BP (BP), CRH (CRH), Antofagasta (ANTO), South32 (S32), Fresnillo (FRES), KAZ Minerals (KAZ), and Polymetal International (POLY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

BHP Group vs.

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

BHP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,466.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.99%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of GBX 6,150, indicating a potential upside of 17.08%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BHP Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Rio Tinto Group
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Rio Tinto Group received 1995 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 44.78% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BHP GroupOutperform Votes
103
44.78%
Underperform Votes
127
55.22%
Rio Tinto GroupOutperform Votes
2098
70.73%
Underperform Votes
868
29.27%

In the previous week, BHP Group and BHP Group both had 6 articles in the media. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat BHP Group's score of 0.18 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BHP Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rio Tinto Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BHP Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

34.4% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BHP Group 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.

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 226 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 407 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. BHP Group pays out 7,739.7% 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 6,522.4% 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 has a net margin of 46.09% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 22.36%. BHP Group's return on equity of 39.40% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BHP Group 46.09% 39.40% 18.11%
Rio Tinto Group 22.36% 24.02% 11.24%

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rio Tinto Group. BHP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rio Tinto Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BHP Group£60.56 billion1.98£18.23 billion£2.92812.33
Rio Tinto Group£55.55 billion1.18£12.42 billion£6.24841.83

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BHP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BHP vs. The Competition

MetricBHP GroupIndustrial Metals & Minerals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£120.02B£854.81M£2.63B£1.51B
Dividend Yield9.58%8.76%4.57%12.95%
P/E Ratio812.33158.2182.451,647.58
Price / Sales1.98345,508.8076,639.3151,679.50
Price / Cash7.3829.7025.3533.98
Price / Book2.824.243.162.91
Net Income£18.23B£214.81M£388.89M£167.75M
7 Day Performance0.62%2.11%0.95%-1.10%
1 Month Performance-5.57%-0.10%0.89%-5.53%
1 Year Performance-16.46%1.65%-12.66%57.32%

BHP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
1.697 of 5 stars
GBX 5,319
-0.4%
GBX 6,177.50
+16.1%
-10.3%£66.49B£55.55B852.4049,000Analyst Report
Insider Buying
GLEN
Glencore
2.2418 of 5 stars
GBX 450.15
+0.4%
GBX 619.09
+37.5%
-11.5%£56.76B£255.98B432.8481,284
AAL
Anglo American
1.9206 of 5 stars
GBX 2,604
+0.1%
GBX 3,341.67
+28.3%
-35.6%£34.89B£35.12B870.90106,000
BP
BP
2.4808 of 5 stars
GBX 504.40
+0.2%
GBX 639.86
+26.9%
+28.6%£90.14B£239.74B-4,585.4565,900Analyst Report
High Trading Volume
CRH
CRH
1.0811 of 5 stars
GBX 4,129
+0.0%
GBX 4,485
+8.6%
+21.3%£30.76B£32.72B1,428.7277,400
ANTO
Antofagasta
1.0852 of 5 stars
GBX 1,536.50
+0.8%
GBX 1,415.71
-7.9%
-15.0%£15.15B£5.86B1,181.926,883
S32
South32
2.0663 of 5 stars
GBX 226
+1.1%
GBX 295
+30.5%
-23.3%£10.33B£9B551.2213,576
FRES
Fresnillo
1.2697 of 5 stars
GBX 727
+1.7%
GBX 751.25
+3.3%
-4.6%£5.36B£2.43B2,423.337,359
KAZ
KAZ Minerals
0 of 5 stars
GBX 849
flat
N/AN/A£4.02B£2.36B9.2416,000
POLY
Polymetal International
1.6513 of 5 stars
GBX 222.50
-1.1%
GBX 300
+34.8%
+30.1%£1.05B£2.66B-185.4214,281News Coverage
High Trading Volume
This page (LON:BHP) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff