Vale (VALE) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, VALE or BHP?

Vale has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BHP Group. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vale	$37.72B	1.16	$7.98B	$1.38	7.00
BHP Group	$53.60B	2.41	$7.90B	$4.40	11.56

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VALE or BHP?

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

Do analysts rate VALE or BHP?

Vale currently has a consensus price target of $12.04, suggesting a potential upside of 24.69%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Vale's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VALE or BHP a better dividend stock?

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Vale pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BHP Group pays out 44.8% 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.

Does the media refer more to VALE or BHP?

In the previous week, Vale had 1 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vale and 8 mentions for BHP Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Vale's score of 0.76 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vale	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BHP Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VALE or BHP more profitable?

Vale has a net margin of 16.15% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 17.38% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vale	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%
BHP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, VALE or BHP?

Vale has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VALE or BHP?

BHP Group received 83 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.16% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 60.77% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vale	Outperform Votes 793 60.77%	Underperform Votes 512 39.23%
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 876 66.16%	Underperform Votes 448 33.84%

Summary

BHP Group beats Vale on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.