Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) Competitors

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BVN or RIO?

19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rio Tinto Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$1.15B	3.31	$19.85M	$1.89	7.96
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.45	$10.06B	$6.45	9.64

Which has more volatility & risk, BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BVN or RIO more profitable?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a net margin of 32.40% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.00%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on equity of 6.15% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	32.40%	6.15%	4.37%
Rio Tinto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.33%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.36%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Rio Tinto Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group received 1168 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.49% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	Outperform Votes 324 57.96%	Underperform Votes 235 42.04%
Rio Tinto Group	Outperform Votes 1492 71.49%	Underperform Votes 595 28.51%

Does the media favor BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 15 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 8 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rio Tinto Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BVN or RIO a better dividend stock?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rio Tinto Group pays out 69.1% 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.

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.