Barrick Mining (B) Competitors

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

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%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BHP or B?

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

Which has stronger 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 stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Do analysts rate 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 possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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 favor BHP or B?

In the previous week, Barrick Mining had 20 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Barrick Mining and 6 mentions for BHP Group. Barrick Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat BHP Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Barrick Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Neutral
Barrick Mining	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Barrick Mining beats BHP Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.