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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & 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.

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.

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 analysts rate HL or BHP?

BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,126.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.30%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor HL or BHP?

In the previous week, BHP Group had 9 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BHP Group and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	Neutral
BHP Group	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	1.75	£9.92B	£123.55	15.60

Summary

BHP Group beats Hargreaves Lansdown on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.