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

Which has better earnings & valuation, RIO or BVN?

Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A..

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rio Tinto Group	$54.18B	1.46	$10.06B	N/A	N/A
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$989M	3.43	$19.85M	$0.06	222.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIO or BVN?

Rio Tinto Group received 1156 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.34% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rio Tinto Group	Outperform Votes 1476 71.34%	Underperform Votes 593 28.66%
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	Outperform Votes 320 58.08%	Underperform Votes 231 41.92%

Does the media refer more to RIO or BVN?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 5 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 3 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.72 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RIO or BVN more profitable?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a net margin of 9.54% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.00%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on equity of 3.17% 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.	9.54%	3.17%	2.25%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RIO or BVN?

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

Is RIO or BVN a better dividend stock?

Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $3.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 116.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, RIO or BVN?

Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RIO or BVN?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.63%. Given Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is more favorable than Rio Tinto Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rio Tinto Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.