VALE vs. BHP, SCCO, RIO, FCX, CLF, HBM, MP, NGD, SGML, and GSM
Should you be buying Vale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vale include BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), Sigma Lithium (SGML), and Ferroglobe (GSM). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
Vale (NYSE:VALE) and BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Vale had 9 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Vale and 8 mentions for BHP Group. Vale's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BHP Group's score of 0.56 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vale has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vale currently has a consensus target price of $16.85, suggesting a potential upside of 55.30%. BHP Group has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.71%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.
BHP Group received 81 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 61.14% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.
BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vale.
Vale pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Vale pays out 65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Vale has a net margin of 18.72% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 19.59% beat BHP Group's return on equity.
Summary
Vale beats BHP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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