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VALE vs. BHP, CCJ, TECK, SQM, MP, KNF, HBM, NGD, NXE, and LEU

Should you be buying Vale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vale include BHP Group (BHP), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Vale vs. Its Competitors

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. BHP Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 58.5% 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.

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vale. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BHP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BHP Group$51.26B2.69$9.02B$4.4012.37
Vale$38.06B1.24$6.17B$1.238.47

3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Vale had 8 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vale and 10 mentions for BHP Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Vale's score of 0.95 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BHP Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vale
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BHP Group currently has a consensus target price of $48.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.88%. Vale has a consensus target price of $11.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.47%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BHP Group
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Vale
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Vale has a net margin of 14.23% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 18.14% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BHP GroupN/A N/A N/A
Vale 14.23%18.14%7.99%

BHP Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BHP Group beats Vale on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VALE vs. The Competition

MetricValeMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.26B$17.87B$3.54B$21.32B
Dividend Yield7.10%5.53%5.07%3.52%
P/E Ratio8.474.28157.3229.64
Price / Sales1.246.6513,780.5249.98
Price / Cash4.284.7624.2224.13
Price / Book1.376.806.484.55
Net Income$6.17B$2.35B$149.66M$999.70M
7 Day Performance1.43%0.06%2.65%0.55%
1 Month Performance5.60%5.06%10.49%5.67%
1 Year Performance1.63%27.05%45.97%15.62%

Vale Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALE
Vale
3.9551 of 5 stars
$10.41
+1.5%
$11.71
+12.5%
+1.7%$47.26B$38.06B8.4764,610News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BHP
BHP Group
2.5906 of 5 stars
$55.67
-0.5%
$48.50
-12.9%
+6.3%$141.10B$51.26B12.6590,000Positive News
Options Volume
CCJ
Cameco
4.324 of 5 stars
$74.95
+0.1%
$83.32
+11.2%
+95.9%$32.65B$2.29B86.212,884Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TECK
Teck Resources
4.961 of 5 stars
$33.22
-1.2%
$60.11
+81.0%
-27.3%$16.04B$6.48B87.377,200Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.6751 of 5 stars
$46.68
+0.7%
$45.40
-2.7%
+21.4%$13.34B$4.53B27.968,344Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MP
MP Materials
1.7199 of 5 stars
$71.81
+5.8%
$60.63
-15.6%
+358.9%$12.71B$203.85M-113.93490Analyst Forecast
KNF
Knife River
3.7643 of 5 stars
$91.18
-0.7%
$114.33
+25.4%
+4.9%$5.16B$2.95B33.874,761Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.8984 of 5 stars
$11.63
-1.3%
N/A+69.1%$4.60B$2.02B15.922,803Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
NGD
New Gold
3.5305 of 5 stars
$5.53
-0.3%
$4.38
-20.7%
+159.6%$4.37B$1.03B42.501,570News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.4419 of 5 stars
$7.12
+0.2%
N/A+36.5%$4.07BN/A-28.5060News Coverage
Positive News
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.9229 of 5 stars
$185.78
-0.4%
$202.09
+8.8%
+442.6%$3.38B$436.90M42.14280Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VALE) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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