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BHP Group (BHP Group) Dividends per Share

: $3.40 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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BHP Group's dividends per share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.60. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.40. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.55. As of today, BHP Group's Dividend Yield % is 5.21%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of BHP Group Ltd is 1.22, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

BHP Group Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

During the past 12 months, BHP Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -45.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 24.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 28.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of BHP Group was 42.80% per year. The lowest was -19.50% per year. And the median was 10.85% per year.

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BHP Group Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for BHP Group's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BHP Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Dividends per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.36 2.86 3.12 7.00 5.30

BHP Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividends per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 3.00 3.50 1.80 1.60

Competitive Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, BHP Group's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BHP Group Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, BHP Group's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BHP Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.



BHP Group Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


BHP Group  (NYSE:BHP) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

BHP Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1.6/ 0.352
=4.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of BHP Group was 1.20. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.73.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of BHP Group Ltd is 1.22, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

BHP Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.4402024-03-072024-03-082024-03-28Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.6002023-09-072023-09-082023-09-28Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


BHP Group's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.04/58.51
=5.20 %

Current Share Price is $58.51.
BHP Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.04.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of BHP Group was 13.69%. The lowest was 2.38%. And the median was 4.93%.

Warning Sign:

BHP Group Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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BHP Group (BHP Group) Business Description

Address
171 Collins Street, Level 18, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3000
BHP is a global diversified miner mainly supplying iron ore and copper. The merger of BHP Limited and Billiton PLC created the present-day BHP Group. The dual listed structure from the 2001 BHP and Billiton merger was collapsed in 2022. Major assets include Pilbara iron ore and Escondida copper. Onshore U.S. oil and gas assets were sold in 2018 and the remaining Petroleum assets were spun off and merged with Woodside in 2022, with BHP vesting the Woodside shares it received to BHP shareholders. BHP is growing its nickel business to supply more battery grade nickel and is also entering the potash market through the development of its Jansen mine in Canada. It also purchased copper miner Oz Minerals in fiscal 2023.