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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation 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 0.6%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $3.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 9 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 7 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.19 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rio Tinto Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and 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.	$1.11B	2.90	$19.85M	$1.41	8.98
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.48	$10.06B	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Do analysts prefer BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.38%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.10%. Given Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group received 1161 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% 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 1484 71.41%	Underperform Votes 594 28.59%

Summary

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