RIO vs. BHP, SCCO, FCX, VALE, CLF, HBM, MP, NGD, SGML, and GSM
Should you be buying Rio Tinto Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rio Tinto Group include BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), 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.
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
BHP Group currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.00%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.71%. Given BHP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 21 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BHP Group and 5 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rio Tinto Group received 606 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.35% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 66.06% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.
BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BHP Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rio Tinto Group.
BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $5.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Rio Tinto Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Rio Tinto Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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