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Glencore (GLEN) Competitors

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GBX 267.15 -3.80 (-1.40%)
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GLEN vs. BHP, RIO, AAL, S32, ADT1, KMR, GFM, SVML, SOLG, and KP2

Should you be buying Glencore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glencore include BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Anglo American (AAL), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Griffin Mining (GFM), Sovereign Metals (SVML), SolGold (SOLG), and Kore Potash (KP2). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.

Glencore vs.

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

BHP Group has a net margin of 14.09% compared to Glencore's net margin of -0.23%. BHP Group's return on equity of 18.32% beat Glencore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Glencore-0.23% -1.22% 2.54%
BHP Group 14.09%18.32%13.98%

Glencore presently has a consensus price target of GBX 454, suggesting a potential upside of 69.94%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,716, suggesting a potential upside of 46.26%. Given Glencore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Glencore is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Glencore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
BHP Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

47.3% of Glencore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Glencore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of BHP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Glencore£297.89B0.14-£682.18M-£3.57-74.82
BHP Group£70.41B1.68£9.92B£123.5515.03

In the previous week, Glencore had 4 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Glencore and 4 mentions for BHP Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat Glencore's score of -0.03 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Glencore pays out -280.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Glencore received 2178 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 38.93% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GlencoreOutperform Votes
2287
71.74%
Underperform Votes
901
28.26%
BHP GroupOutperform Votes
109
38.93%
Underperform Votes
171
61.07%

Glencore has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Glencore beats BHP Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLEN vs. The Competition

MetricGlencoreOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.75B£1.05B£3.10B£2.68B
Dividend Yield2.34%6.19%5.21%5.05%
P/E Ratio-74.8239.1571.96134.32
Price / Sales0.1419,476.6425,591,212,775,234,100.00203,702.45
Price / Cash24.5625.1624.3428.02
Price / Book0.876.665.193.79
Net Income-£682.18M£70.70M£156.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.41%0.91%1.51%7.78%
1 Month Performance4.46%6.42%4.52%29.45%
1 Year Performance-46.56%43.96%14.90%119.74%

Glencore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLEN
Glencore
2.8734 of 5 stars
GBX 267.15
-1.4%
GBX 454
+69.9%
-46.8%£40.75B£297.89B-74.8283,426News Coverage
BHP
BHP Group
1.9962 of 5 stars
GBX 1,881.50
-0.5%
GBX 2,716
+44.4%
-23.0%£120.10B£70.41B15.2338,962
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
2.8367 of 5 stars
GBX 4,646
-0.6%
GBX 6,261.43
+34.8%
-19.4%£97.49B£69.64B8.8057,000
AAL
Anglo American
1.6098 of 5 stars
GBX 2,069
+0.1%
GBX 2,618
+26.5%
-21.7%£31.46B£36.94B-19.05129,700
S32
South32
N/AGBX 142.40
flat
GBX 205
+44.0%
-27.1%£8.01B£6.03B100.059,616
ADT1
Adriatic Metals
0.0954 of 5 stars
GBX 177.80
+0.2%
GBX 180
+1.2%
-12.8%£727.01MN/A-13.41296Trending News
KMR
Kenmare Resources
4.172 of 5 stars
GBX 379
-0.8%
GBX 580
+53.0%
+6.0%£418.98M£440.17M5.341,687
GFM
Griffin Mining
1.0358 of 5 stars
GBX 176
+1.1%
GBX 190
+8.0%
+14.4%£405.93M£196.43M19.66448Gap Up
SVML
Sovereign Metals
N/AGBX 32
+3.8%
GBX 55
+71.9%
+7.9%£381.55MN/A-19.34N/A
SOLG
SolGold
N/AGBX 7.06
-0.4%
N/A-28.6%£264.78MN/A-4.32461Gap Down
KP2
Kore Potash
N/AGBX 3.30
+1.2%
N/A+241.2%£180.78M£181.33M-152,777.7821

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