Rio Tinto Group (RIO) 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

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 2.0%. 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 17.7% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. currently has a consensus price target of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.33%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.71%. 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 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.

Does the media refer more to BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 7 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 10 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.95 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rio Tinto Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Which has stronger 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.	$1.11B	3.19	$19.85M	$1.58	8.81
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.37	$10.06B	$6.45	9.08

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, 71.49% 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%

Summary

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