BHG - BHP Group
BHP Group Limited is a world-leading diversified miner supplying iron ore, copper, oil, gas, and metallurgical coal. The company extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas, with more than 60,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas. BHP's products are sold worldwide, with sales and marketing led through Singapore and Houston, United States. The group's global headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia.
BHP Group is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). BHP is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “BHG”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:BHG is AU000000BHP4. BHP Group is currently the #1 most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 3 trillion, which makes about 16.2% of the entire Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 586.54 |
| Day’s High Price | 594.95 |
| Traded Volume | 376,364 |
| Number of Deals | 6,445 |
| Gross Turnover | 222M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 45.5090 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 13.00 |
| Dividend Per Share | 31.45 |
| Dividend Yield | 5.32% |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.07B |
| Market Capitalization | 3T |
BHG Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +1.25% | +9.52% | +10.1% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +3.77% | +8.64% | +12.3% |
The current share price of BHP Group (BHG) is ZAR 587.47. BHG closed its last trading day (Friday, December 8, 2023) at 591.40 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 1% gain over its previous closing price of 585.56 ZAR. BHP began the year with a share price of 526.74 ZAR and has since gained 12.3% on that price valuation, ranking it 108th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about BHG knowing the stock has accrued 10% over the past four-week period—64th best on JSE.
BHP Group is the 95th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Sep 12 - Dec 8, 2023). BHG has traded a total volume of 37.6 million shares—in 269,856 deals—valued at ZAR 20.7 billion over the period, with an average of 597,056 traded shares per session. A volume high of 3.74 million was achieved on September 14th, and a low of 209,291 on October 31st, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of BHP on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-08 | 762,350 | 591.40 | +5.84 | +1.00% |
| 2023-12-07 | 380,686 | 585.56 | -3.19 | -0.54% |
| 2023-12-06 | 494,151 | 588.75 | +13.64 | +2.37% |
| 2023-12-05 | 634,180 | 575.11 | -4.78 | -0.82% |
| 2023-12-04 | 402,065 | 579.89 | -4.21 | -0.72% |
| 2023-12-01 | 454,794 | 584.10 | +9.46 | +1.65% |
| 2023-11-30 | 654,087 | 574.64 | +7.48 | +1.32% |
| 2023-11-29 | 611,686 | 567.16 | -5.83 | -1.02% |
| 2023-11-28 | 578,235 | 572.99 | -5.01 | -0.87% |
| 2023-11-27 | 531,767 | 578.00 |
Profile of BHP Group Limited
BHP Group Limited was founded on August 13, 1885 and operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically, the Mining industry.
Factsheet of BHP Group Limited
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Mining
- Address
- 171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
- Telephone
- +61-3-9609-3333
- Website
- www.bhp.com
BHG Industrial Market Competitors
BHP Group Limited, issuers of the BHG stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Basic Materials sector and/or Mining industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAR | Harmony GM Co Ltd | 69.7B | 112.50 | +91.3% |
| GFI | Gold Fields Ltd | 240B | 268.32 | +52.3% |
| DRD | DRD Gold Ltd | 13.9B | 16.05 | +31.1% |
| PAN | Pan African Resource plc | 8.49B | 3.82 | +14% |
| ANG | Anglogold Ashanti Ltd | 137B | 327.41 | -0.55% |
| GLN | Glencore plc | 1.33T | 108.95 | -4.46% |
| MRF | Merafe Resources Ltd | 2.97B | 1.19 | -9.85% |
| EXX | Exxaro Resources Ltd | 65.6B | 187.67 | -13.6% |
| MDI | Master Drilling Grp Ltd | 1.89B | 12.50 | -13.7% |
| ORN | Orion Minerals Limited | 1.05B | 0.18 | -14.3% |