BHP Group Limited (ASX:BHP – Get Free Report) insider Ross McEwan acquired 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of A$40.53 ($25.65) per share, for a total transaction of A$1,013,250.00 ($641,297.47).
BHP Group Stock Performance
The stock has a market cap of $130.92 billion, a PE ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 0.84.
BHP Group Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently declared a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 26th will be given a $0.785 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.92%. BHP Group’s payout ratio is 98.23%.
About BHP Group
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.
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