BHP logged a 2.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $59.9 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. BHP's trading volume is 1,819,278 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,901,642.
BHP trades -9.42% away from its average analyst target price of $66.13 per share. The 4 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $63.5 to $72.0, and on average have given BHP a rating of buy.
Anyone interested in buying BHP should be aware of the facts below:
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BHP's current price is 45.1% above its Graham number of $41.28, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
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BHP has moved -10.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 6.2%
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Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.19, BHP has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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BHP has a forward P/E ratio of 29.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.04 per share
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Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.56 compared to its sector average of 2.08
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BHP Group Limited operates as a resources company in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, the rest of Asia, North America, South America, and internationally.
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Based in Melbourne, the company has 45,295 full time employees and a market cap of $210.79 Billion. BHP currently returns an annual dividend yield of 4.5%.