BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) and BHP Group (LON:BHP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is AAU or BHP more profitable?

BHP Group has a net margin of 13.28% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Ariana Resources' return on equity of 19.33% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ariana Resources	N/A	6.62%	-4.92%
BHP Group	13.28%	19.33%	14.74%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AAU or BHP?

12.6% of Ariana Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Ariana Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAU or BHP?

Ariana Resources has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAU or BHP?

Ariana Resources received 109 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.04% of users gave Ariana Resources an outperform vote while only 39.93% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ariana Resources	Outperform Votes 218 53.04%	Underperform Votes 193 46.96%
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 109 39.93%	Underperform Votes 164 60.07%

Do analysts rate AAU or BHP?

BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,652.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.01%. Given Ariana Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Ariana Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ariana Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has better earnings and valuation, AAU or BHP?

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ariana Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ariana Resources	N/A	N/A	£1.71M	N/A	N/A
BHP Group	£55.66B	1.95	£7.39B	£1.14	1,876.32

Does the media refer more to AAU or BHP?

In the previous week, BHP Group had 2 more articles in the media than Ariana Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BHP Group and 1 mentions for Ariana Resources. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ariana Resources' score of 0.01 indicating that Ariana Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ariana Resources	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)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BHP Group beats Ariana Resources on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.