Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Competitors

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

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 7.4%. 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 MarketBeat Community believe in RIO or BVN?

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 57.99% of users gave Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rio Tinto Group	Outperform Votes 1484 71.41%	Underperform Votes 594 28.59%
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	Outperform Votes 323 57.99%	Underperform Votes 234 42.01%

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 Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	32.40%	6.15%	4.37%

Does the media prefer RIO or BVN?

In the previous week, Rio Tinto Group had 12 more articles in the media than Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Rio Tinto Group and 5 mentions for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s score of 0.41 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, RIO or BVN?

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RIO or BVN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rio Tinto Group	$53.66B	1.41	$10.06B	$6.45	9.38
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.	$1.11B	2.92	$19.85M	$1.58	8.07

Do analysts rate RIO or BVN?

Rio Tinto Group presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.65%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.36%. Given Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s higher probable upside, 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
Rio Tinto Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
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

Summary

Rio Tinto Group beats Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.