Vale (VALE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, VALE or BHP?

Vale has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VALE or BHP?

BHP Group received 83 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vale	Outperform Votes 783 61.17%	Underperform Votes 497 38.83%
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 866 66.06%	Underperform Votes 445 33.94%

Do analysts prefer VALE or BHP?

Vale presently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.48%. BHP Group has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.41%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vale	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is VALE or BHP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vale	18.72%	19.59%	8.54%
BHP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VALE or BHP?

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vale.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vale	$41.78B	1.22	$7.98B	$1.81	6.30
BHP Group	$53.82B	2.75	$12.92B	N/A	N/A

Is VALE or BHP a better dividend stock?

Vale pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Vale pays out 65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor VALE or BHP?

In the previous week, Vale had 5 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vale and 5 mentions for BHP Group. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat BHP Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vale	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BHP Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vale beats BHP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.