Barrick Mining (B) Competitors

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) 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, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend BHP or B?

BHP Group presently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.98%. Barrick Mining has a consensus target price of $24.05, suggesting a potential upside of 14.59%. Given BHP Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Barrick Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Barrick Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BHP or B?

3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BHP or B?

BHP Group received 72 more outperform votes than Barrick Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.11% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave Barrick Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 876 66.11%	Underperform Votes 449 33.89%
Barrick Mining	Outperform Votes 804 56.86%	Underperform Votes 610 43.14%

Is BHP or B a better dividend stock?

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BHP Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Mining pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer BHP or B?

In the previous week, Barrick Mining had 23 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Barrick Mining and 6 mentions for BHP Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Barrick Mining's score of 0.68 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BHP Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barrick Mining	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BHP or B more profitable?

Barrick Mining has a net margin of 17.46% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Barrick Mining's return on equity of 7.51% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BHP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barrick Mining	17.46%	7.51%	5.25%

Which has better valuation & earnings, BHP or B?

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Barrick Mining. BHP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Mining, 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
BHP Group	$55.66B	2.10	$7.90B	$4.40	10.48
Barrick Mining	$13.31B	2.70	$2.14B	$1.33	15.78

Which has more risk and volatility, BHP or B?

BHP Group has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barrick Mining beats BHP Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.