LIN vs. BHP, SCCO, RIO, FCX, VNTRQ, ECL, VALE, APD, TROX, and MTX
Should you be buying Linde stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linde include BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Ecolab (ECL), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Tronox (TROX), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Linde.
BHP Group received 521 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Linde an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 3 more articles in the media than Linde. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BHP Group and 23 mentions for Linde. Linde's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat BHP Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Linde has a net margin of 18.87% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Linde's return on equity of 17.06% beat BHP Group's return on equity.
82.8% of Linde shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Linde pays an annual dividend of $5.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Linde pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Linde has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Linde presently has a consensus price target of $460.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.07%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Linde is more favorable than BHP Group.
Summary
Linde beats BHP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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