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