Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) Competitors

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Is BVN or RIO a better dividend stock?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $3.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Given Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is more favorable than Rio Tinto Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Rio Tinto Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is BVN or RIO more profitable?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a net margin of 32.40% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.00%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on equity of 6.15% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	32.40%	6.15%	4.37%
Rio Tinto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A..

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$823.84M	3.97	$19.85M	$1.41	9.15
Rio Tinto Group	$54.04B	1.41	$10.06B	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 23 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 3 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.08 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rio Tinto Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BVN or RIO?

19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group received 1157 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.36% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	Outperform Votes 323 58.09%	Underperform Votes 233 41.91%
Rio Tinto Group	Outperform Votes 1480 71.36%	Underperform Votes 594 28.64%

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.