BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE:BHP) saw a downside of -2.00% to close Tuesday at $55.00 after subtracting -$1.12 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 2,403,080 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $58.50 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 2,407,845 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 2,499,362.
BHP’s 1-month performance is -0.38% or -$0.21 on its low of $54.85 reached on 09/08/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $46.92 and high of $71.52, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 01/26/23. YTD, BHP has lost -11.36% or -$7.05 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -23.10% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
BHP stock has a beta of 1.02. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.60 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.13, with the price to cash flow ratio at 11.69.
BHP Group Limited ADR’s quick ratio for the recent period was 0.95, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.23.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 41.02%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 65.21%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $42.63 billion against revenue of $53.82 billion.
Earnings Surprise
Net income shrunk -139.15% to $12.92 billion, while revenue of $0.0 was 100.0% off the previous quarter. BHP stock balance sheet for the recent quarter shows that total liabilities totaled 52.77 billion, with total debt at $24.1 billion.
Let’s look briefly at BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 26 September was 36.66% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 31.24%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $56.20, reflecting a -4.91% or -$2.84 change from its current price. BHP is currently trading -1.91% above its 20-day SMA, -5.50% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -10.00% and SMA200 by-11.93%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 24.87% and 31.59% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 1.34. The RSI (14) points at 40.15%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 3.37% with the period’s ATR at 1.31. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -1.15 and -0.72 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE: BHP), Bernstein downgraded it to a Mkt perform rating. They previously had an Outperform rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for BHP stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 1 brokerage advisors rate BHP as a “sell,”, while 11 advise that investors “Hold.” 3 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 9 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is BHP’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $46.62 and a high of $73.83, with their median price target at $58.56. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP) stock is $59.71.
