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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
BHP Group beats Vale on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BHP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff