BHP Billiton plc Company Profile (LON:BLT)

About BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

BHP Billiton Plc is a global resources company. The Company is a producer of various commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and uranium. Its segments include Petroleum, Copper, Iron Ore and Coal. The Petroleum segment is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. The Copper segment is engaged in mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold. The Iron Ore segment is engaged in mining of iron ore. The Coal segment is engaged in mining of metallurgical coal and thermal (energy) coal. Its businesses include Minerals Australia, Minerals Americas, Petroleum and Marketing. It extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas from its production operations located primarily in Australia and the Americas. It manages product distribution through its global logistics chain, including freight and pipeline transportation. It sells its products through direct supply agreements with its customers and on global commodity exchanges.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

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Symbol: LON:BLT
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Capitalization:

Market Cap: £64.37 billion
Outstanding Shares: 5,322,000,000

Average Prices:

50 Day Moving Avg: GBX 1,205.89
200 Day Moving Avg: GBX 1,305.45
52 Week Range: GBX 786.40 - GBX 1,518.50

P/E:

Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.95
P/E Growth: 0.00

Sales & Book Value:

Annual Revenue: £34.69 billion
Price / Sales: 1.86
Book Value: GBX 10.64 per share
Price / Book: 1.14

Profitability:

EBIDTA: £15.52 billion

Misc:

Average Volume: 9.31 million shs.

Frequently Asked Questions for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

What is BHP Billiton plc's stock symbol?

BHP Billiton plc trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BLT."

How often does BHP Billiton plc pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for BHP Billiton plc?

BHP Billiton plc declared a dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 9th will be given a dividend of GBX 0.40 per share on Tuesday, March 28th. This represents a yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 9th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View BHP Billiton plc's Dividend History.

Where is BHP Billiton plc's stock going? Where will BHP Billiton plc's stock price be in 2017?

22 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for BHP Billiton plc's shares. Their predictions range from GBX 790 to GBX 1,650. On average, they expect BHP Billiton plc's share price to reach GBX 1,300.48 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for BHP Billiton plc.

Who are some of BHP Billiton plc's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to BHP Billiton plc include Unilever plc (ULVR), British American Tobacco plc (BATS), BP plc (BP), GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK), AstraZeneca plc (AZN), Vodafone Group plc (VOD), Diageo plc (DGE), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY), Rio Tinto plc (RIO), Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (RB), Barclays PLC (BARC), Prudential plc (PRU), Shire PLC (SHP), Glencore PLC (GLEN), National Grid plc (NG), Redt Energy PLC (CCE), Carnival plc (CCL) and Imperial Brands PLC (IMB).

How do I buy BHP Billiton plc stock?

Shares of BHP Billiton plc and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

How much does a share of BHP Billiton plc stock cost?

One share of BHP Billiton plc stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,209.50.

Consensus Ratings for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	5 Sell Ratings, 11 Hold Ratings, 6 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.05)
Consensus Price Target:	GBX 1,300.48

Analysts' Ratings History for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/26/2017	Liberum Capital	Reiterated Rating	Sell
5/22/2017	Jefferies Group LLC	Set Price Target	Buy	GBX 1,500
5/17/2017	Investec	Reiterated Rating	Buy	GBX 1,480
5/17/2017	HSBC Holdings plc	Reiterated Rating	Buy	GBX 1,500
5/17/2017	Credit Suisse Group AG	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	GBX 1,380
5/17/2017	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	GBX 1,265
5/16/2017	Macquarie	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	GBX 1,500
5/15/2017	Citigroup Inc	Reiterated Rating	Buy
5/4/2017	Deutsche Bank AG	Reiterated Rating	Hold	GBX 1,450
5/3/2017	Barclays PLC	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight	GBX 1,300
4/26/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Sector Performer	GBX 1,625
4/26/2017	S&P Global	Set Price Target	Neutral	GBX 1,300
4/26/2017	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Buy	GBX 1,510
4/25/2017	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	Downgrade	Sell	GBX 1,400 -> GBX 1,100
4/11/2017	Shore Capital	Reiterated Rating	not rated
3/2/2017	BNP Paribas	Set Price Target	Neutral	GBX 1,380
2/10/2017	Haitong Bank	Boost Price Target	Sell	GBX 1,050 -> GBX 1,110
1/25/2017	S&P Global Inc	Set Price Target	Sell	GBX 1,300
12/7/2016	ICAP	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	GBX 1,350
10/19/2016	Canaccord Genuity	Reiterated Rating	Hold	GBX 1,040
7/4/2016	Independent Research GmbH	Set Price Target	Neutral	GBX 980
6/22/2016	Beaufort Securities	Reiterated Rating	Hold
6/21/2016	Sanford C. Bernstein	Set Price Target	Neutral	GBX 790
3/17/2016	Nomura	Downgrade	Neutral	GBX 950 -> GBX 850
2/23/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	GBX 700
2/5/2016	Societe Generale	Set Price Target	Neutral	GBX 700
1/21/2016	S&P Equity Research	Reiterated Rating	Hold	GBX 700
12/24/2015	AlphaValue	Reiterated Rating	Buy	GBX 1,178
11/25/2015	SBG Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy	GBX 1,200
11/25/2015	Bank of America Corp	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	GBX 960
10/7/2015	Renaissance Capital	Reiterated Rating	Buy	GBX 1,250
7/24/2015	Charles Stanley	Reiterated Rating	accumulate

(Data available from 5/26/2015 forward)

Earnings History for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)
No earnings announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Earnings Estimates for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.50 EPS

Dividend History by Quarter for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/21/2017		€0.40	2.28%	3/9/2017	3/9/2017	3/28/2017

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership History for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

Insider Trades by Quarter for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
9/6/2016	Frew,Anita	Insider	Buy	4,500	GBX 998	£44,910
3/9/2016	Brinded,Malcolm	Insider	Buy	28,000	GBX 815	£228,200
9/1/2015	Brinded,Malcolm	Insider	Buy	20,000	GBX 1,086	£217,200

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Headline Trends for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT) Latest Headlines for BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT)

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Date	Headline
	Tech, banks help European stocks edge up finance.yahoo.com - May 23 at 4:01 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) PT Set at GBX 1,500 by Jefferies Group LLC www.americanbankingnews.com - May 22 at 10:20 PM
	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reiterates "Underweight" Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - May 18 at 10:56 PM
	Credit Suisse Group AG Reiterates Neutral Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - May 18 at 10:20 PM
	HSBC Holdings plc Reiterates "Buy" Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - May 18 at 8:26 PM
	BHP's Memento Mori finance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 11:44 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Investec www.americanbankingnews.com - May 17 at 10:20 AM
	[$$] BHP says it is willing to sell US shale business finance.yahoo.com - May 16 at 12:35 PM
	[$$] Rolls-Royce slips amid Investec's 'material headwind' finance.yahoo.com - May 15 at 4:06 PM
	BHP Drops 'Billiton' From Its Name www.nasdaq.com - May 15 at 9:40 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Rating Reiterated by Jefferies Group LLC www.americanbankingnews.com - May 15 at 6:34 AM
	FTSE 100 pushes higher, with miners in the lead finance.yahoo.com - May 9 at 8:48 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Brokerages www.americanbankingnews.com - May 8 at 1:30 PM
	How to Stop CEOs Chasing Harebrained Ideas finance.yahoo.com - May 8 at 10:29 AM
	BHP Billiton plc's (BLT) Hold Rating Reaffirmed at Deutsche Bank AG www.americanbankingnews.com - May 7 at 6:58 PM
	BHP Billiton: Elliott's Plan to Move Listing Would Be Criminal, Australian Treasurer Says finance.yahoo.com - May 3 at 9:01 PM
	Barclays PLC Reiterates Equal-weight Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - May 3 at 12:00 PM
	BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited -- Moody's takes rating action on BHP Billiton finance.yahoo.com - May 3 at 8:21 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given a GBX 1,510 Price Target at Morgan Stanley www.americanbankingnews.com - May 1 at 12:50 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Credit Suisse Group AG www.americanbankingnews.com - April 30 at 7:26 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given New GBX 1,450 Price Target at Deutsche Bank AG www.americanbankingnews.com - April 30 at 6:55 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Rating Reiterated by JPMorgan Chase & Co. www.americanbankingnews.com - April 30 at 4:58 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given Underweight Rating at JPMorgan Chase & Co. www.americanbankingnews.com - April 28 at 8:56 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Receives "Hold" Rating from HSBC Holdings plc www.americanbankingnews.com - April 28 at 8:56 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Price Target Cut to GBX 1,450 by Analysts at Deutsche Bank AG www.americanbankingnews.com - April 28 at 7:10 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given Neutral Rating at Credit Suisse Group AG www.americanbankingnews.com - April 28 at 7:08 PM
	Investors eye Elliott's Plan B as BHP shake-up push falters finance.yahoo.com - April 27 at 10:18 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Earns "Hold" Rating from HSBC Holdings plc www.americanbankingnews.com - April 27 at 6:24 AM
	Royal Bank of Canada Reiterates Sector Performer Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - April 26 at 2:42 PM
	S&P Global Analysts Give BHP Billiton plc (BLT) a GBX 1,300 Price Target www.americanbankingnews.com - April 26 at 2:04 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Downgraded to Sell at Goldman Sachs Group Inc www.americanbankingnews.com - April 25 at 6:33 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Stock Rating Upgraded by HSBC Holdings plc www.americanbankingnews.com - April 23 at 7:26 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Rating Reiterated by Macquarie www.americanbankingnews.com - April 22 at 4:38 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Price Target Lowered to GBX 1,300 at Barclays PLC www.americanbankingnews.com - April 21 at 8:31 PM
	Barclays PLC Raises BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Price Target to GBX 1,385 www.americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 9:52 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. www.americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 1:02 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given Outperform Rating at Macquarie www.americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 12:26 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Earns Sell Rating from Liberum Capital www.americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 12:26 PM
	BHP Billiton plc's (BLT) "Buy" Rating Reiterated at Citigroup Inc www.americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 12:26 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given not rated Rating at Shore Capital www.americanbankingnews.com - April 14 at 6:40 PM
	Morgan Stanley Analysts Give BHP Billiton plc (BLT) a GBX 1,510 Price Target www.americanbankingnews.com - April 14 at 2:04 PM
	HSBC Holdings plc Reiterates "Hold" Rating for BHP Billiton plc (BLT) www.americanbankingnews.com - April 13 at 8:44 PM
	BHP Billiton Rejects Elliott's Restructure Proposals www.nasdaq.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	[$$] Activist Investor Urges to BHP Exploit a Tax Quirk finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	BHP CEO Examined Oil Unit Fate at Least Twice Since Taking Post finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	BHP CEO Rejects Oil Spinoff for Third Time After Singer Demand finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	BHP Billiton Call Slaps Down Elliott's Plan; Goldman's Take finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	BHP Billiton slams hedge fund Elliott’s proposals as ‘materially overstating’ potential upside finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:19 AM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages www.americanbankingnews.com - April 11 at 1:10 PM
	BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Receives Overweight Rating from Morgan Stanley www.americanbankingnews.com - April 11 at 6:30 AM

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