BHP Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BHP Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BHP Group stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BHP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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BHP Group's stock was trading at $35.45 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BHP stock has increased by 115.4% and is now trading at $76.37.
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BHP Group declared a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, February 18th. Investors of record on Friday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $2.02 per share on Tuesday, March 23rd. This represents a yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 4th. This is a positive change from BHP Group's previous semi-annual dividend of $1.10.
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BHP Group pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.99%. BHP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. BHP Group does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of BHP Group is 112.85%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, BHP Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.38% next year. This indicates that BHP Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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88 employees have rated BHP Group CEO Mike Henry on Glassdoor.com. Mike Henry has an approval rating of 93% among BHP Group's employees. This puts Mike Henry in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to BHP Group include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Anglo American (NGLOY), Fortescue Metals Group (FSUGY), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Public Joint Stock Company Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel (NILSY), First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Impala Platinum (IMPUY), South32 (SOUHY), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), Exxaro Resources (EXXAY) and Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ).
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BHP Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BHP."

BHP Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.49%), Norges Bank (0.19%), Northern Trust Corp (0.09%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.07%) and Aperio Group LLC (0.06%).
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BHP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, CastleArk Alternatives LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bollard Group LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Lazard Asset Management LLC, and Scout Investments Inc..
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BHP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Bowen Hanes & Co. Inc., Willis Investment Counsel, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
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Shares of BHP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BHP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.37.

BHP Group has a market capitalization of $122.65 billion and generates $42.93 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $7.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.58 on an earnings per share basis.

BHP Group employs 31,589 workers across the globe.

BHP Group was founded in 1851.

The official website for BHP Group is www.bhp.com.

BHP Group is headquartered at 171 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, VICTORIA C3, 3000.

BHP Group's mailing address is 171 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, VICTORIA C3, 3000. The mining company can be reached via phone at 61-3-9609-3333 or via email at [email protected]