Rio Tinto Group (RIO) 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BVN or RIO?

Rio Tinto Group received 1155 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.33% 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 1478 71.33%	Underperform Votes 594 28.67%

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 6.0%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rio Tinto Group pays out 51.2% 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BVN or RIO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$1.11B	2.81	$19.85M	$1.41	8.70
Rio Tinto Group	$54.18B	1.36	$10.06B	$6.89	8.56

Do analysts rate BVN or RIO?

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. Given Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, equities research 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 6.30% 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%	6.30%	4.46%
Rio Tinto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer BVN or RIO?

In the previous week, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. both had 6 articles in the media. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rio Tinto Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BVN or RIO?

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BVN or RIO?

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

Summary

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. and Rio Tinto Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.