BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and BHP Group (LON:BHP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is HL or BHP more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 82.61% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 14.09%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%
BHP Group	14.09%	18.32%	13.98%

Do analysts recommend HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,104, suggesting a potential downside of 0.41%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,713.33, suggesting a potential upside of 56.57%. Given BHP Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BHP Group is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 298 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote while only 38.93% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 109 38.93%	Underperform Votes 171 61.07%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HL or BHP?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of BHP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HL or BHP?

BHP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreaves Lansdown. BHP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	6.87	£293.20M	£0.62	1,787.90
BHP Group	£70.41B	1.57	£9.92B	£123.55	14.03

Is HL or BHP a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BHP Group pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BHP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor HL or BHP?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown and Hargreaves Lansdown both had 1 articles in the media. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat BHP Group's score of -0.33 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BHP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BHP Group has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats BHP Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.