RIO vs. BHP, GLEN, AAL, S32, ADT1, KMR, GFM, SOLG, JLP, and ECOR
Should you be buying Rio Tinto Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rio Tinto Group include BHP Group (BHP), Glencore (GLEN), Anglo American (AAL), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Griffin Mining (GFM), SolGold (SOLG), Jubilee Metals Group (JLP), and Ecora Resources (ECOR). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.
BHP Group (LON:BHP) and Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
BHP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,367.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.92%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of GBX 6,301.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.55%. Given BHP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than BHP Group.
BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 120 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 341 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. BHP Group pays out 10,526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rio Tinto Group pays out 7,104.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rio Tinto Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
48.1% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Rio Tinto Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Rio Tinto Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 7 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BHP Group and 5 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat BHP Group's score of -0.01 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rio Tinto Group received 2009 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 39.85% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.
BHP Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rio Tinto Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BHP Group. Rio Tinto Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BHP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rio Tinto Group has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 13.28%. Rio Tinto Group's return on equity of 19.33% beat BHP Group's return on equity.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats BHP Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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