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RIO vs. BVN, BHP, SCCO, FCX, VALE, MP, CLF, NGD, HBM, and TMC

Should 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), MP Materials (MP), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), New Gold (NGD), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), and TMC the metals (TMC). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.

Rio Tinto Group vs.

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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.

Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rio Tinto Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rio Tinto Group$53.66B1.42$10.06B$6.459.44
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.$1.11B3.29$19.85M$1.589.09

Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating 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, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Rio Tinto Group presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.89%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.56%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
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

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 10 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 10 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.83 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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 17.7% 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.

Rio Tinto Group received 1169 more outperform votes than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.49% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rio Tinto GroupOutperform Votes
1492
71.49%
Underperform Votes
595
28.51%
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.Outperform Votes
323
57.89%
Underperform Votes
235
42.11%

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RIO vs. The Competition

MetricRio Tinto GroupMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$76.35B$6.81B$3.02B$18.72B
Dividend Yield7.41%3.66%5.18%4.05%
P/E Ratio9.4411.6874.9232.70
Price / Sales1.4298.7925,507,989,319,104,800.0028.26
Price / Cash4.8021.4824.3217.53
Price / Book1.324.555.244.47
Net Income$10.06B$605.28M$154.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.16%4.05%1.70%3.35%
1 Month Performance-0.17%2.72%3.26%-2.90%
1 Year Performance-11.78%9.71%16.48%3.25%

Rio Tinto Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.7206 of 5 stars
$61.07
+0.3%
$73.00
+19.5%
-10.8%$76.58B$53.66B9.4753,700Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BVN
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.
3.0999 of 5 stars
$14.55
+1.7%
$16.75
+15.1%
-17.3%$3.69B$1.11B10.322,043Upcoming Earnings
BHP
BHP Group
2.1237 of 5 stars
$46.95
+1.0%
$53.00
+12.9%
-14.2%$119.05B$53.60B10.6745,300Short Interest ↑
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.0987 of 5 stars
$85.37
-1.0%
$89.58
+4.9%
-19.8%$67.97B$11.43B19.7614,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9654 of 5 stars
$32.28
-1.9%
$48.39
+49.9%
-26.2%$46.39B$25.46B25.0225,600Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
VALE
Vale
4.4977 of 5 stars
$9.11
flat
$12.44
+36.6%
-21.7%$41.35B$38.06B6.3364,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MP
MP Materials
1.0272 of 5 stars
$23.16
-12.1%
$23.61
+1.9%
+55.4%$3.79B$203.86M-39.25490Short Interest ↑
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.7978 of 5 stars
$6.98
-4.4%
$16.24
+132.6%
-54.3%$3.45B$19.19B-7.2026,000
NGD
New Gold
3.3057 of 5 stars
$3.63
-0.3%
$3.85
+6.1%
N/A$2.87B$924.50M27.931,570Gap Up
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.6524 of 5 stars
$6.84
-2.8%
$14.00
+104.7%
-13.7%$2.70B$2.02B38.002,500News Coverage
Positive News
TMC
TMC the metals
1.6186 of 5 stars
$2.61
-11.8%
$3.88
+48.5%
+110.8%$908.05MN/A-8.4230Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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