BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) Vs. RIO, VALE, FCX, SCCO, VEDL, CLF, MP, LAC, TRQ, and BVN
Should you be buying BHP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BHP Group include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Southern Copper (SCCO), Vedanta (VEDL), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), MP Materials (MP), Lithium Americas (LAC), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
BHP Group vs.
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) 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, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.6%. BHP Group pays out 118.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vale pays out 142.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
5.6% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BHP Group received 100 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.68% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.
Vale has a net margin of 30.59% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 65.49% beat BHP Group's return on equity.
BHP Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 2 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BHP Group and 6 mentions for Vale. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Vale's score of -0.13 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BHP Group currently has a consensus price target of $1,119.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,829.84%. Vale has a consensus price target of $19.76, suggesting a potential upside of 35.34%. Given BHP Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Vale.
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.
Summary
BHP Group beats Vale on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 Group Competitors List
