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NYSE:BHP

BHP Group - BHP Competitors

$58.15
+0.54 (+0.94%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$57.67
$58.27
50-Day Range
$57.53
$71.24
52-Week Range
$46.92
$79.66
Volume
2.50 million shs
Average Volume
3.25 million shs
Market Capitalization
$85.78 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
6.14%
Price Target
$82.00

BHP vs. RIO, VALE, SCCO, FCX, APD, ECL, NUE, NTR, NEM, and DOW

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), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Ecolab (ECL), Nucor (NUE), Nutrien (NTR), Newmont (NEM), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

BHP Group vs.

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

Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $4.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $3.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%.

In the previous week, BHP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BHP Group and 9 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.26 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rio Tinto Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BHP Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

10.4% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of BHP Group 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BHP Group has a consensus price target of $2,211.50, indicating a potential upside of 3,703.10%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rio Tinto Group
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
BHP Group
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

Rio Tinto Group received 597 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.22% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 66.23% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rio Tinto GroupOutperform Votes
1448
71.22%
Underperform Votes
585
28.78%
BHP GroupOutperform Votes
851
66.23%
Underperform Votes
434
33.77%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rio Tinto Group N/A N/A N/A
BHP Group N/A N/A N/A

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rio Tinto Group.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rio Tinto Group$55.55 billion1.45$12.42 billionN/AN/A
BHP Group$65.10 billion1.32$30.90 billionN/AN/A

Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 GroupMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$85.78B$6.14B$2.63B$14.09B
Dividend Yield6.13%4.51%4.57%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A4.4986.9922.16
Price / Sales1.32102.3276,109.0310.38
Price / Cash3.1863.3225.3324.58
Price / Book1.762.453.156.79
Net Income$30.90B$1.25B$388.94M$870.97M
7 Day Performance0.95%1.28%1.02%0.71%
1 Month Performance-3.77%-2.72%0.87%-7.20%
1 Year Performance-21.70%-25.65%-12.29%-15.15%

BHP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
1.5767 of 5 stars
$65.05
-1.4%
N/A-17.4%$81.29B$55.55B0.0052,000News Coverage
VALE
Vale
2.2396 of 5 stars
$15.54
-1.1%
$17.85
+14.9%
-25.3%$69.67B$43.84B3.8474,316Analyst Report
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.7137 of 5 stars
$70.96
-0.5%
$57.86
-18.5%
-7.6%$54.86B$10.05B20.7515,018
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
2.2254 of 5 stars
$37.84
-1.1%
$41.21
+8.9%
-26.1%$54.14B$22.78B15.9725,600Dividend Announcement
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
2.7152 of 5 stars
$275.36
-1.2%
$312.75
+13.6%
+10.4%$61.15B$12.70B27.0221,900Analyst Report
ECL
Ecolab
3.1138 of 5 stars
$155.61
-1.4%
$173.63
+11.6%
-9.0%$44.26B$14.19B40.7447,000Analyst Report
NUE
Nucor
2.2783 of 5 stars
$147.55
-3.0%
$153.44
+4.0%
-3.2%$37.17B$41.51B5.1431,400
NTR
Nutrien
2.7844 of 5 stars
$74.37
-1.1%
$94.18
+26.6%
-32.8%$37.13B$37.88B5.2823,500
NEM
Newmont
2.6967 of 5 stars
$46.64
+0.1%
$62.21
+33.4%
-37.9%$37.06B$11.92B-86.3714,600
DOW
DOW
2.7284 of 5 stars
$51.38
-1.3%
$59.50
+15.8%
-19.2%$36.38B$56.90B8.2337,800Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:BHP) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff