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 2.5 trillion, which makes about 12.5% of the entire Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 485.01 |
| Day’s High Price | 498.99 |
| Traded Volume | 914,881 |
| Number of Deals | 3,857 |
| Gross Turnover | 449M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 55.7086 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 8.87 |
| Dividend Per Share | 52.31 |
| Dividend Yield | 10.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.06B |
| Market Capitalization | 2.5T |
BHG Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -6.81% | -7.95% | -1.36% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1% | +22.2% | +4.15% |
The current share price of BHP Group (BHG) is ZAR 494.08. BHG closed its last trading day (Friday, May 27, 2022) at 494.08 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 3.4% gain over its previous closing price of 477.77 ZAR. BHP began the year with a share price of 474.39 ZAR and has since gained 4.15% on that price valuation, ranking it 116th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of BHG’s recent bad performance, having lost 8% of its value in the past four weeks.
BHP Group is the 39th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Feb 23 - May 27, 2022). BHG has traded a total volume of 127 million shares—in 432,049 deals—valued at ZAR 66.4 billion over the period, with an average of 2.02 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 27.8 million was achieved on March 18th, and a low of 381,694 on April 26th, 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-27 | 914,881 | 494.08 | +16.31 | +3.41% |
| 2022-05-26 | 608,105 | 477.77 | -2.34 | -0.49% |
| 2022-05-25 | 793,949 | 480.11 | +4.93 | +1.04% |
| 2022-05-24 | 606,552 | 475.18 | -56.82 | -10.68% |
| 2022-05-23 | 1,318,902 | 532.00 | +1.82 | +0.34% |
| 2022-05-20 | 771,625 | 530.18 | +19.18 | +3.75% |
| 2022-05-19 | 776,495 | 511.00 | -2.50 | -0.49% |
| 2022-05-18 | 734,585 | 513.50 | -4.50 | -0.87% |
| 2022-05-17 | 880,599 | 518.00 | +5.25 | +1.02% |
| 2022-05-16 | 608,291 | 512.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SXM | Sable Exploration & Mining Ltd | 11.5M | 2.65 | +2,309% |
| MCZ | MC Mining Limited | 322M | 1.63 | +53.8% |
| EXX | Exxaro Resources Ltd | 72.1B | 206.31 | +35% |
| MRF | Merafe Resources Ltd | 4B | 1.60 | +33.3% |
| RNG | Randgold & Expl Co Ltd | 95.5M | 1.28 | +28% |
| GLN | Glencore plc | 1.36T | 103.46 | +27.5% |
| MDI | Master Drilling Grp Ltd | 2.12B | 14.00 | +22% |
| BAU | Bauba Resources Limited | 292M | 0.39 | +21.9% |
| CMO | Chrometco Ltd | 178M | 0.07 | +16.7% |
| WEZ | Wesizwe Platinum Ltd | 2.12B | 1.30 | +16.1% |