BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BHP or VALE?

3.8% of BHP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BHP or VALE?

BHP Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.52%. Vale has a consensus price target of $12.65, indicating a potential upside of 36.46%. Given Vale's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BHP or VALE?

Vale has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BHP Group. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BHP Group, 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
BHP Group	$53.60B	2.19	$7.90B	$4.40	10.52
Vale	$38.06B	1.11	$7.98B	$1.44	6.44

Which has more risk & volatility, BHP or VALE?

BHP Group has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BHP or VALE?

BHP Group received 84 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BHP Group	Outperform Votes 876 66.21%	Underperform Votes 447 33.79%
Vale	Outperform Votes 792 60.88%	Underperform Votes 509 39.12%

Is BHP or VALE more profitable?

Vale has a net margin of 16.15% compared to BHP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Vale's return on equity of 17.38% 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	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%

Is BHP or VALE a better dividend stock?

BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. BHP Group pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer BHP or VALE?

In the previous week, Vale had 7 more articles in the media than BHP Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vale and 8 mentions for BHP Group. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BHP Group's score of 0.93 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BHP Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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