Rio Tinto (RIO) Competitors

Buenaventura Mining (NYSE:BVN) and Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, BVN or RIO?

Buenaventura Mining has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BVN or RIO?

Buenaventura Mining presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential downside of 8.08%. Rio Tinto has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.83%. Given Rio Tinto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto is more favorable than Buenaventura Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Buenaventura Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Rio Tinto	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is BVN or RIO a better dividend stock?

Buenaventura Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Rio Tinto pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.

Is BVN or RIO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buenaventura Mining	38.38%	9.47%	6.65%
Rio Tinto	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BVN or RIO?

19.3% of Rio Tinto shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Buenaventura Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto had 7 more articles in the media than Buenaventura Mining. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rio Tinto and 3 mentions for Buenaventura Mining. Rio Tinto's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Buenaventura Mining's score of 0.24 indicating that Rio Tinto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Buenaventura Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rio Tinto	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto has higher revenue and earnings than Buenaventura Mining. Buenaventura Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rio Tinto, 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
Buenaventura Mining	$1.15B	4.00	$402.69M	$1.97	9.25
Rio Tinto	$53.73B	1.46	$11.55B	$6.45	9.69

Summary

Rio Tinto beats Buenaventura Mining on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.