Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Competitors

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

Is RIO or BVN 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
Rio Tinto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	32.40%	6.15%	4.37%

Does the media refer more to RIO or BVN?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 22 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 6 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.79 indicating that Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rio Tinto Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RIO or BVN?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RIO or BVN?

Rio Tinto Group currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.57%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus price target of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.22%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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
Rio Tinto Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RIO or BVN?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, RIO or BVN?

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

Is RIO or BVN a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Rio Tinto Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 14.8% 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 stronger earnings and valuation, RIO or BVN?

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
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.44	$10.06B	$6.45	9.55
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$1.15B	3.22	$19.85M	$1.89	7.76

Summary

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