LON:BLT - BHP Billiton Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

BHP Billiton announced a dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.55 per share on Tuesday, March 27th. This represents a yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 8th. This is a positive change from BHP Billiton's previous dividend of $0.43. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View BHP Billiton's Dividend History.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for BHP Billiton's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 800 to GBX 2,000. On average, they anticipate BHP Billiton's stock price to reach GBX 1,517.17 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for BHP Billiton.

Some companies that are related to BHP Billiton include BHP Billiton (BHP), Rio Tinto (RIO), Rio Tinto (RIO), Glencore (GLEN), TransCanada (TRP), Grupo Mexico (GMBXF), Anglo American (AAL), Rio Tinto (RTNTF), Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Fortescue Metals Group (FSUMF), Antofagasta (ANTO), Boliden (BDNNF), Fresnillo (FRES) and Anglo American Platinum (ANGPY).

News stories about BLT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BHP Billiton earned a news sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the mining company an impact score of 47.90 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Shares of BLT 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.

One share of BLT stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,714.

BHP Billiton has a market capitalization of £83.08 billion.

BHP Billiton's mailing address is 8Th Floor - Neathouse Place, LONDON, SW1V 1BH, United Kingdom. The mining company can be reached via phone at +44-20-78024054.