Rio Tinto (RIO) Competitors

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

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 1.7%. Rio Tinto pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Buenaventura Mining pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rio Tinto 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.

Is BVN or RIO more profitable?

Buenaventura Mining has a net margin of 39.60% compared to Rio Tinto's net margin of 0.00%. Buenaventura Mining's return on equity of 9.19% beat Rio Tinto's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buenaventura Mining	39.60%	9.19%	6.53%
Rio Tinto	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BVN or RIO?

19.3% of Rio Tinto shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Buenaventura Mining shares are owned by company 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 13 more articles in the media than Buenaventura Mining. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Rio Tinto and 1 mentions for Buenaventura Mining. Buenaventura Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Rio Tinto's score of 0.61 indicating that Buenaventura Mining is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rio Tinto	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BVN or RIO?

Buenaventura Mining has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BVN or RIO?

Buenaventura Mining currently has a consensus price target of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.70%. Rio Tinto has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.85%. Given Rio Tinto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has preferable earnings and 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	3.62	$402.69M	$1.89	8.71
Rio Tinto	$53.66B	1.38	$11.55B	$6.45	9.14

Summary

Rio Tinto beats Buenaventura Mining on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.