RIO vs. GLEN, AAL, BHP, CRH, ANTO, WPM, S32, ADT1, KMR, and SOLG
Should you be buying Rio Tinto Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rio Tinto Group include Glencore (GLEN), Anglo American (AAL), BHP Group (BHP), CRH (CRH), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), and SolGold (SOLG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Glencore received 164 more outperform votes than Rio Tinto Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.68% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 70.35% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote.
Rio Tinto Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Glencore. Rio Tinto Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glencore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Glencore has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Glencore presently has a consensus price target of GBX 556.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of GBX 6,351.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.54%. Given Rio Tinto Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Glencore is more favorable than Rio Tinto Group.
Rio Tinto Group has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 1.97%. Glencore's return on equity of 18.25% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.
Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 341 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Glencore pays out 3,703.7% 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 6,945.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 6 more articles in the media than Glencore. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 4 mentions for Glencore. Glencore's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.7% of Glencore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Glencore 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats Glencore on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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