Quick Look at BHP (BHP)

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, September 24 15:07 • Permanent Link

Shares of Thermal Coal company BHP jumped 5.0% today. With many investors piling into BHP without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

BHP has moved -0.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 33.8%
BHP has an average analyst rating of buy and is -5.82% away from its mean target price of $60.88 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.11
BHP has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.4 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.51 and its forward P/E ratio is 12.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.49 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.71
BHP is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 13.84 and an average P/B of 2.05
BHP has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 7.7% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
The company has a free cash flow of $9.03 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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. The company operates through Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal segments. It engages in the mining of copper, uranium, gold, zinc, lead, molybdenum, silver, iron ore, cobalt, and metallurgical and energy coal. The company is also involved in the mining, smelting, and refining of nickel, as well as potash development activities. In addition, it provides towing, freight, marketing and trading, marketing support, finance, administrative, and other services. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

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