VALE vs. BHP, SCCO, RIO, FCX, CLF, HBM, MP, SGML, NGD, 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), Sigma Lithium (SGML), New Gold (NGD), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 20 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BHP Group and 6 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BHP Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vale pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Vale pays out 65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
Vale has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vale.
Vale presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.33%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.01%. Given Vale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.
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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vale and BHP Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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