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BHP vs. VALE, CCJ, TECK, SQM, SUM, MP, KNF, HBM, NXE, 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), Summit Materials (SUM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), HudBay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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$53.60B2.39$7.90B$4.4011.46
Vale$38.06B1.22$6.17B$1.387.43

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%

3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

In the previous week, BHP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BHP Group and 10 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat BHP Group's score of 0.98 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vale
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. 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.

BHP Group presently has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Vale has a consensus target price of $11.79, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Vale's higher probable 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
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
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 18 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$128.11B$5.92B$3.28B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.90%2.06%5.14%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.4626.2791.9428.10
Price / Sales2.39378.4727,047,264,536,678,300.0038.21
Price / Cash8.4126.1923.8922.53
Price / Book2.607.225.894.58
Net Income$7.90B$278.68M$147.76M$986.06M
7 Day Performance3.61%4.08%2.36%2.79%
1 Month Performance1.27%7.34%4.88%5.46%
1 Year Performance-15.25%23.46%25.11%15.06%

BHP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHP
BHP Group
1.8485 of 5 stars
$50.42
-0.6%
$53.00
+5.1%
-15.3%$128.11B$53.60B11.4690,000
VALE
Vale
4.704 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.4%
$12.04
+24.1%
-11.7%$44.03B$37.72B7.0364,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CCJ
Cameco
3.8883 of 5 stars
$74.32
+1.4%
$80.65
+8.5%
+44.4%$32.35B$2.29B185.802,100Positive News
Options Volume
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9259 of 5 stars
$40.47
-0.1%
$64.63
+59.7%
-17.4%$19.67B$6.48B69.787,200News Coverage
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.4021 of 5 stars
$35.25
+0.7%
$41.14
+16.7%
-12.2%$10.07B$4.53B16.718,344
SUM
Summit Materials
0.3003 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.82
-3.3%
+45.2%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MP
MP Materials
1.1202 of 5 stars
$33.21
+0.9%
$27.44
-17.4%
+124.2%$5.43B$203.85M-51.09490
KNF
Knife River
3.6358 of 5 stars
$81.54
-1.5%
$117.17
+43.7%
+14.0%$4.62B$2.90B25.724,761Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
4.3636 of 5 stars
$10.61
+0.5%
$14.00
+32.0%
+12.4%$4.19B$2.02B27.922,803Positive News
Analyst Revision
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.3469 of 5 stars
$6.97
+2.5%
N/A-4.2%$3.98BN/A-43.5660
NGD
New Gold
2.2062 of 5 stars
$4.95
+4.2%
$4.13
-16.5%
+134.3%$3.92B$941.50M38.081,570Analyst Revision

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