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BHP vs. VALE, CCJ, TECK, SQM, MP, KNF, NXE, HBM, LEU, and NGD

Should you be buying BHP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BHP Group include Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Centrus Energy (LEU), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

BHP Group vs. Its Competitors

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

BHP Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Vale has a net margin of 15.54% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 17.65% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BHP GroupN/A N/A N/A
Vale 15.54%17.65%7.76%

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. BHP Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 54.3% 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.

In the previous week, BHP Group had 5 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BHP Group and 9 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat BHP Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BHP Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vale
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vale. Vale 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
BHP Group$55.66B2.42$7.90B$4.4012.08
Vale$38.06B1.19$6.17B$1.387.24

3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.78%. Vale has a consensus target price of $11.73, suggesting a potential upside of 17.39%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BHP Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Vale
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

BHP Group beats Vale on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BHP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BHP vs. The Competition

MetricBHP GroupMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$137.13B$6.37B$3.28B$21.10B
Dividend Yield3.64%1.95%5.15%3.59%
P/E Ratio12.0828.85113.9128.44
Price / Sales2.42489.1230,017,513,221,212,400.0058.59
Price / Cash9.0128.3623.9222.92
Price / Book2.747.966.084.69
Net Income$7.90B$278.61M$147.58M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.59%2.01%1.91%1.65%
1 Month Performance9.88%13.72%6.33%4.54%
1 Year Performance-3.98%41.10%30.45%9.99%

BHP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHP
BHP Group
1.5494 of 5 stars
$53.17
-1.7%
$48.50
-8.8%
-3.0%$137.13B$55.66B12.0890,000Analyst Forecast
VALE
Vale
4.2816 of 5 stars
$10.12
+3.5%
$11.79
+16.5%
-6.6%$45.91B$38.06B7.3364,610Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CCJ
Cameco
3.3107 of 5 stars
$77.16
-2.3%
$80.65
+4.5%
+78.6%$33.59B$2.29B192.902,884Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9164 of 5 stars
$37.96
+1.2%
$60.75
+60.1%
-27.8%$18.33B$6.48B65.447,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.3998 of 5 stars
$38.66
0.0%
$41.14
+6.4%
+11.2%$11.04B$4.53B18.328,344Positive News
MP
MP Materials
1.7625 of 5 stars
$58.99
-6.7%
$42.67
-27.7%
+350.6%$9.64B$203.85M-90.75490Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.1476 of 5 stars
$80.99
+0.5%
$117.17
+44.7%
+6.6%$4.59B$2.90B25.554,761News Coverage
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0678 of 5 stars
$6.87
-1.1%
N/A+17.7%$3.92BN/A-42.9060News Coverage
Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.3773 of 5 stars
$9.81
+0.5%
N/A+23.8%$3.88B$2.09B25.802,803Trending News
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.0878 of 5 stars
$224.00
-10.2%
$178.64
-20.3%
+476.6%$3.82B$471.40M50.79280Positive News
High Trading Volume
NGD
New Gold
1.8011 of 5 stars
$4.49
+4.4%
$4.38
-2.4%
+113.0%$3.55B$941.50M34.541,570Analyst Revision

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