BHP vs. SCCO, RIO, FCX, VALE, LIN, VNTRQ, VNTR, ECL, APD, and NEM
Should you be buying BHP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BHP Group include Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Linde (LIN), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Ecolab (ECL), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, BHP Group had 19 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for BHP Group and 10 mentions for Southern Copper. Southern Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BHP Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BHP Group presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.66%. Southern Copper has a consensus target price of $90.50, indicating a potential downside of 27.80%. Given BHP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Southern Copper.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 24.20% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 30.44% beat BHP Group's return on equity.
3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BHP Group received 472 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Copper.
BHP Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Southern Copper pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
BHP Group beats Southern Copper on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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