Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Competitors $52.24 -2.33 (-4.26%) Closing price 04/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$52.10 -0.13 (-0.25%) As of 04/8/2025 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock RIO vs. BVN, BHP, SCCO, FCX, VALE, CLF, MP, HBM, NGD, and SGMLShould you be buying Rio Tinto Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rio Tinto Group include Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), MP Materials (MP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), and Sigma Lithium (SGML). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry. Rio Tinto Group vs. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. BHP Group Southern Copper Freeport-McMoRan Vale Cleveland-Cliffs MP Materials Hudbay Minerals New Gold Sigma Lithium Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends. Which has better earnings & valuation, RIO or BVN? Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioRio Tinto Group$53.66B1.22$10.06B$6.458.10Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.$1.11B2.97$19.85M$1.588.21 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RIO or BVN? 19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RIO or BVN? Rio Tinto Group received 1165 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.47% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformRio Tinto GroupOutperform Votes148871.47% Underperform Votes59428.53% Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.Outperform Votes32357.99% Underperform Votes23442.01% Which has more risk and volatility, RIO or BVN? Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is RIO or BVN a better dividend stock? Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. 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 out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 4.4% 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 favor RIO or BVN? In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 17 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 9 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.59 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Rio Tinto Group 18 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate RIO or BVN? Rio Tinto Group currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.75%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A..Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Rio Tinto Group 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Compañía 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 Is RIO or BVN 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 Rio Tinto GroupN/A N/A N/A Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 32.40%6.15%4.37% SummaryRio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Rio Tinto Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RIO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart RIO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricRio Tinto GroupMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$65.50B$5.58B$2.71B$17.27BDividend Yield7.63%3.63%5.17%3.95%P/E Ratio8.108.9264.2628.85Price / Sales1.2255.5823,107,482,959,366,500.0023.95Price / Cash4.8021.4824.3317.54Price / Book1.133.544.884.00Net Income$10.06B$597.31M$154.23M$1.02B7 Day Performance-13.37%-12.03%-7.74%-12.28%1 Month Performance-16.19%-11.34%-4.29%-13.86%1 Year Performance-20.95%-11.04%6.08%-9.23% Rio Tinto Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)RIORio Tinto Group4.3587 of 5 stars$52.24-4.3%$73.00+39.8%-21.0%$65.50B$53.66B8.1053,700Positive NewsBVNCompañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.3.7218 of 5 stars$15.490.0%$16.50+6.6%-17.5%$3.92B$1.11B10.9613,759Dividend IncreaseGap UpBHPBHP Group3.9905 of 5 stars$47.98-1.9%$53.00+10.5%-32.8%$121.54B$53.60B10.8945,300Positive NewsGap UpSCCOSouthern Copper3.2467 of 5 stars$93.14-1.1%$94.42+1.4%-33.0%$73.96B$11.43B21.5014,700Gap DownFCXFreeport-McMoRan4.8716 of 5 stars$37.77-1.7%$52.04+37.8%-41.9%$54.19B$25.46B29.2325,600Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap UpVALEVale4.4499 of 5 stars$9.91-1.3%$13.26+33.8%-34.3%$44.87B$38.06B6.8666,807Positive NewsCLFCleveland-Cliffs2.7836 of 5 stars$8.20-3.8%$16.43+100.5%-69.6%$4.04B$19.19B-8.4226,000Gap DownMPMP Materials0.7423 of 5 stars$23.93-7.9%$23.61-1.3%+36.0%$3.92B$203.86M-40.70490Positive NewsGap DownHBMHudbay Minerals3.0916 of 5 stars$7.54-2.0%$11.50+52.6%-18.4%$2.96B$2.02B41.702,500Gap DownNGDNew Gold3.9586 of 5 stars$3.71+2.9%$3.66-1.2%N/A$2.92B$924.50M28.431,570Analyst ForecastPositive NewsSGMLSigma Lithium2.12 of 5 stars$10.39-9.7%$18.00+73.2%-51.7%$1.15B$192.85M-21.61250Gap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BVN Alternatives BHP Alternatives SCCO Alternatives FCX Alternatives VALE Alternatives CLF Alternatives MP Alternatives HBM Alternatives NGD Alternatives SGML Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:RIO) was last updated on 4/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners“Fed Proof” Your Bank Account with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredElon Musk Confirms: Tesla’s Optimus is Replacing Workers… and Heading to MarsMusk confirmed that SpaceX's Starship will carry Optimus to Mars in 2026 as part of an autonomous mission to h...InvestorPlace | SponsoredAmerica’s Retirement Accounts Are at Risk—Here’s WhyWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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