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Glencore (GLEN) Competitors

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GBX 255.75 -1.40 (-0.54%)
As of 04/17/2025 12:46 PM Eastern

GLEN vs. BHP, RIO, AAL, S32, ADT1, KMR, SVML, GFM, SOLG, and CAPD

Should you be buying Glencore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glencore include BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Anglo American (AAL), South32 (S32), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Sovereign Metals (SVML), Griffin Mining (GFM), SolGold (SOLG), and Capital (CAPD). These companies are all part of the "other industrial metals & mining" industry.

Glencore vs.

BHP Group (LON:BHP) and Glencore (LON:GLEN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BHP Group had 2 more articles in the media than Glencore. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BHP Group and 2 mentions for Glencore. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Glencore's score of 0.36 indicating that BHP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BHP Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Glencore
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Glencore received 2177 more outperform votes than BHP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.73% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 38.93% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BHP GroupOutperform Votes
109
38.93%
Underperform Votes
171
61.07%
GlencoreOutperform Votes
2286
71.73%
Underperform Votes
901
28.27%

48.2% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Glencore shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of BHP Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Glencore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BHP Group has a net margin of 14.09% compared to Glencore's net margin of -0.23%. BHP Group's return on equity of 18.32% beat Glencore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BHP Group14.09% 18.32% 13.98%
Glencore -0.23%-1.22%2.54%

BHP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,716, suggesting a potential upside of 55.11%. Glencore has a consensus target price of GBX 476.43, suggesting a potential upside of 86.29%. Given Glencore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Glencore is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BHP Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Glencore
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BHP Group£70.41B1.59£9.92B£123.5514.17
Glencore£297.89B0.13-£682.18M-£3.57-71.63

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 113 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. Glencore pays out -280.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

BHP Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glencore has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BHP Group beats Glencore on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLEN vs. The Competition

MetricGlencoreOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£39.01B£963.76M£2.97B£2.48B
Dividend Yield2.34%6.19%5.22%4.96%
P/E Ratio-71.6348.8275.84129.75
Price / Sales0.1320,231.8323,069,725,634,249,600.00232,042.22
Price / Cash24.5625.1624.3328.07
Price / Book0.837.175.224.43
Net Income-£682.18M£70.70M£155.25M£5.83B
7 Day Performance0.83%4.67%2.85%3.01%
1 Month Performance-20.10%6.93%1.57%-1.06%
1 Year Performance-46.16%42.11%16.40%102.51%

Glencore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLEN
Glencore
2.7555 of 5 stars
GBX 255.75
-0.5%
GBX 476.43
+86.3%
-45.9%£39.01B£297.89B-71.6383,426
BHP
BHP Group
2.451 of 5 stars
GBX 1,748
+2.3%
GBX 2,713.33
+55.2%
-26.0%£111.58B£70.41B14.1538,962News Coverage
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
2.8149 of 5 stars
GBX 4,343
+0.9%
GBX 6,241.25
+43.7%
-18.5%£91.13B£69.64B8.2257,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AAL
Anglo American
2.5717 of 5 stars
GBX 1,986.80
+1.7%
GBX 2,698.33
+35.8%
-6.6%£30.21B£36.94B-18.30129,700Gap Down
S32
South32
1.4021 of 5 stars
GBX 135.60
+5.0%
GBX 205
+51.2%
-23.9%£7.63B£6.03B95.279,616Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Negative News
Gap Up
ADT1
Adriatic Metals
N/AGBX 212
+5.7%
GBX 180
-15.1%
-8.9%£866.85MN/A-15.99296High Trading Volume
KMR
Kenmare Resources
4.2094 of 5 stars
GBX 398
+4.1%
GBX 580
+45.7%
+25.2%£439.98M£440.17M5.611,687News Coverage
SVML
Sovereign Metals
1.4087 of 5 stars
GBX 33.75
+2.3%
GBX 55
+63.0%
+50.3%£402.42MN/A-20.39N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
GFM
Griffin Mining
0.7853 of 5 stars
GBX 172.50
+6.5%
GBX 190
+10.1%
+25.4%£397.86M£196.43M19.27448Gap Down
SOLG
SolGold
N/AGBX 7.60
+18.8%
N/A-26.5%£285.03MN/A-4.65461News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CAPD
Capital
2.4759 of 5 stars
GBX 65
flat
GBX 95
+46.2%
-29.8%£158.85M£416.20M5.472,739Gap Down

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