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Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Competitors

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GBX 4,482.11 -21.39 (-0.48%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:17 PM Eastern

RIO vs. BHP, GLEN, AAL, S32, ADT1, GFM, SVML, SOLG, KMR, and PRE

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

Rio Tinto Group vs. Its Competitors

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

48.0% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of BHP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Rio Tinto Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BHP Group. Rio Tinto Group 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
Rio Tinto Group£69.64B1.35£13.82B£528.178.49
BHP Group£70.41B1.73£9.92B£123.5515.44

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 18 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 1 mentions for BHP Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.08 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 338 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Rio Tinto Group pays out 64.0% 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. Rio Tinto Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% 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.

Rio Tinto Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,325, suggesting a potential upside of 18.81%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,126.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.49%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rio Tinto Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
BHP Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Rio Tinto Group has a net margin of 19.84% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 14.09%. Rio Tinto Group's return on equity of 19.57% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rio Tinto Group19.84% 19.57% 9.23%
BHP Group 14.09%18.32%13.98%

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RIO vs. The Competition

MetricRio Tinto GroupOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£94.05B£1.04B£3.17B£3.03B
Dividend Yield6.73%6.19%5.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.49130.90117.77176.75
Price / Sales1.3520,462.8530,017,513,221,196,900.00264,362.45
Price / Cash6.5424.7023.7827.97
Price / Book1.287.265.884.53
Net Income£13.82B£71.98M£148.55M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.74%-3.02%-3.24%12.58%
1 Month Performance2.88%3.66%1.43%6.10%
1 Year Performance-9.44%40.84%28.80%71.60%

Rio Tinto Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
1.7993 of 5 stars
GBX 4,482.11
-0.5%
GBX 5,325
+18.8%
-10.4%£94.05B£69.64B8.4957,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
BHP
BHP Group
1.3101 of 5 stars
GBX 1,949
-1.2%
GBX 2,060
+5.7%
-10.7%£124.41B£70.41B15.7738,962
GLEN
Glencore
2.8825 of 5 stars
GBX 316.70
-0.6%
GBX 410
+29.5%
-27.9%£48.31B£297.89B-88.7083,426News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AAL
Anglo American
0.8042 of 5 stars
GBX 2,263
-1.6%
GBX 2,247.50
-0.7%
-10.1%£34.41B£36.94B-20.84129,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
S32
South32
2.3347 of 5 stars
GBX 145.20
-1.8%
GBX 205
+41.2%
-10.0%£8.17B£6.03B102.029,616Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ADT1
Adriatic Metals
0.0996 of 5 stars
GBX 284
-0.7%
GBX 277
-2.5%
+84.2%£1.16BN/A-21.42296News Coverage
GFM
Griffin Mining
1.0269 of 5 stars
GBX 191.50
+5.8%
GBX 200
+4.4%
+44.6%£441.68M£196.43M21.39448Positive News
SVML
Sovereign Metals
2.0025 of 5 stars
GBX 36.47
+2.2%
GBX 55
+50.8%
+0.4%£434.84MN/A-22.04N/AHigh Trading Volume
SOLG
SolGold
N/AGBX 9.69
+10.7%
N/A+0.9%£363.41MN/A-5.93461Trending News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
KMR
Kenmare Resources
2.9426 of 5 stars
GBX 321
+0.4%
GBX 370
+15.3%
-2.8%£354.86M£440.17M4.521,687
PRE
Pensana
N/AGBX 75
-9.0%
N/A+326.1%£277.22MN/A-56.391

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This page (LON:RIO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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