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 0.78, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of BHP Group was 1.11. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.78.
During the past 12 months, BHP Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -42.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.50% per year.
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 11.30% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.
BHP Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for BHP Group's Dividend Yield % 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.
Competitive Comparison of BHP Group's Dividend Yield %
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's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
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 Dividend Yield % Calculation
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
AUD 1.109986
2024-09-12
2024-09-13
2024-10-03
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
AUD:EUR 0.610020
AUD 1.096196
2024-03-07
2024-03-08
2024-03-28
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
AUD:EUR 0.603279
* 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 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.338425686404
/
25.055
=
5.34 %
Current Share Price is €25.055. BHP Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €1.338425686404.
BHP Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.35422731944
/
25.055
=
5.41 %
Current Share Price is €25.055. BHP Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as €0.67711365972 * 2 = €1.35422731944.
* 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.
BHP Group (FRA:BHP1) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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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 us 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. It purchased copper miner Oz Minerals in fiscal 2023 and is entering the potash market through the development of its Jansen project in Canada. However, due to low nickel prices, BHP is placing its nickel business on care and maintenance in late 2024.
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