BHP Group (BHP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, BHP or VALE?

BHP Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	2.33	$7.90B	$4.40	11.21
Vale	$38.06B	1.18	$7.98B	$1.44	6.90

Does the media favor BHP or VALE?

In the previous week, BHP Group had 7 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BHP Group and 9 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat BHP Group's score of 1.26 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BHP or VALE?

BHP Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. Vale has a consensus price target of $13.26, indicating a potential upside of 33.43%. 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

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 4.0%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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 MarketBeat Community favor BHP or VALE?

BHP Group received 85 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave BHP Group an outperform vote while only 60.94% 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 791 60.94%	Underperform Votes 507 39.06%

Summary

BHP Group beats Vale on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.