BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

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

Is HL or BHP more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 38.33% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 14.10%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 38.46% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	38.33%	38.46%	17.10%
BHP Group	14.10%	19.66%	13.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, HL or BHP?

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

Does the media prefer HL or BHP?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown had 1 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown and 2 mentions for BHP Group. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat BHP Group's score of 0.00 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BHP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & 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	6.76	£293.20M	£0.62	1,759.68
BHP Group	£56.03B	1.86	£7.90B	£1.19	1,726.05

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 39.64% 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 39.64%	Underperform Votes 166 60.36%

Do analysts recommend HL or BHP?

Hargreaves Lansdown presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,048.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. BHP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,710, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. Given BHP Group's higher probable 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HL or BHP?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of BHP Group shares are owned by company 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.

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 5.5%. 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 9,495.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats BHP Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.