With 2.41 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.21 million shares. The 52-week range on BHP shows that it touched its highest point at $63.21 and its lowest point at $39.73 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $50.50. With its current market cap of 128.92 billion, BHP has annualized dividend of $2.48 while the current yield stands at 4.88%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BHP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.05%, but this was up by 12.29% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.22% while six-month performance fell -12.02%. The stock lost -11.05% in the past year, while it has gained 4.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BHP yields 4.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.10. EPS is expected to decline by -9.74% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.75%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.54 billion BHP shares are outstanding with a float of 2.54 billion shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BHP since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.66226 being high and $5.08574 being low. For BHP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.39459.
