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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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