BVN vs. RIO, PAAS, HL, AG, EXK, PPG, SW, STLD, TECK, and DOW
Should you be buying Buenaventura Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buenaventura Mining include Rio Tinto (RIO), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Hecla Mining (HL), First Majestic Silver (AG), Endeavour Silver (EXK), PPG Industries (PPG), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Teck Resources (TECK), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Buenaventura Mining vs. Its Competitors
Buenaventura Mining (NYSE:BVN) and Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Buenaventura Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Rio Tinto pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Buenaventura Mining pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rio Tinto pays out 45.7% 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.
19.3% of Rio Tinto shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Buenaventura Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Buenaventura Mining presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential downside of 42.10%. Rio Tinto has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Rio Tinto's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto is more favorable than Buenaventura Mining.
Rio Tinto has higher revenue and earnings than Buenaventura Mining. Rio Tinto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buenaventura Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buenaventura Mining has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Buenaventura Mining has a net margin of 38.38% compared to Rio Tinto's net margin of 0.00%. Buenaventura Mining's return on equity of 9.47% beat Rio Tinto's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rio Tinto had 18 more articles in the media than Buenaventura Mining. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Rio Tinto and 3 mentions for Buenaventura Mining. Buenaventura Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Rio Tinto's score of 0.54 indicating that Buenaventura Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Rio Tinto beats Buenaventura Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BVN) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
