BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BHP or VALE?

BHP Group received 82 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.14% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 873 66.14%	Underperform Votes 447 33.86%
Vale	Outperform Votes 791 60.99%	Underperform Votes 506 39.01%

Which has more volatility & risk, BHP or VALE?

BHP Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BHP or VALE?

3.8% of BHP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BHP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BHP or VALE a better dividend stock?

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Vale pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is BHP or VALE more profitable?

Vale has a net margin of 22.59% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 21.07% beat BHP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BHP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vale	22.59%	21.07%	9.22%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BHP or VALE?

Vale has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BHP Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BHP Group	$55.66B	2.28	$7.90B	N/A	N/A
Vale	$41.78B	N/A	$7.98B	$2.16	4.14

Do analysts prefer BHP or VALE?

BHP Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Vale has a consensus price target of $13.89, suggesting a potential upside of 55.33%. Given Vale's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than BHP Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BHP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor BHP or VALE?

In the previous week, BHP Group had 3 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BHP Group and 11 mentions for Vale. BHP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Vale's score of -0.16 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BHP Group beats Vale on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.