MUFG vs BHP Comparison

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, or MUFG, is the largest bank in Japan in terms of market capitalization and assets. It offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. MUFG also generates substantial revenue and profits outside Japan (more than 30% of its loans are outside Japan) as it provides services to Japanese corporates overseas, local consumers and businesses in Southeast Asia, and non-Japanese global corporates. MUFG also owns a 24% stake in Morgan Stanley.

BHP is a global diversified miner mainly supplying iron ore and copper. The merger of BHP Limited and Billiton PLC created the present-day BHP Group. The dual-listed structure from the 2001 BHP and Billiton merger was collapsed in 2022. Major assets include Pilbara iron ore and Escondida copper. Onshore US oil and gas assets were sold in 2018, and the remaining petroleum assets were spun off and merged with Woodside in 2022, with BHP vesting the Woodside shares it received to BHP shareholders. It purchased copper miner Oz Minerals in fiscal 2023 and half of the Vicuña copper joint venture in fiscal 2025. It is entering the potash market through the development of its Jansen project in Canada. However, due to low prices, BHP placed its nickel business on care and maintenance in 2024.