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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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, 71.46% 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 71.46%	Underperform Votes 596 28.54%

Do analysts recommend BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. currently has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.06%. 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

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

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	3.64	$19.85M	$1.89	8.76
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.38	$10.06B	$6.45	9.12

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

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 1.7%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. 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.

Does the media refer more to BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 14 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 0 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	Neutral
Rio Tinto Group	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.