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BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE: BHP) closed the day trading at $47.62 down -0.33% from the previous closing price of $47.78. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.21 million shares were traded. BHP stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.08 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.555.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BHP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 12.26 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.22. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.25 and its Current Ratio is at 1.70. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.44 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.43.
Jefferies Downgraded its Buy to Hold on October 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $72 to $68.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BHP now has a Market Capitalization of 121201942528 and an Enterprise Value of 257708638208. As of this moment, BHP’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.65, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.775 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.977.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BHP is 0.94, which has changed by -0.16762805 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BHP has reached a high of $63.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.73. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.21%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BHP traded about 3.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BHP traded about 2581640 shares per day. A total of 2.54B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 2.54B. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 3.69% stake in the company. Shares short for BHP as of 1748563200 were 15067988 with a Short Ratio of 5.00, compared to 1745971200 on 12676631. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15067988 and a Short% of Float of 0.58999998.
Dividends & Splits
BHP’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.48, up from 1.24 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.025952281The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 7.21. The current Payout Ratio is 92.74% for BHP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-07 with an ex-dividend date of 1741305600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2022-06-02 when the company split stock in a 1121:1000 ratio.
