BHP Group Limited (LON:BHP) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of BHP Group Limited (LON:BHP) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 2,700 ($34.44).

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on BHP shares. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,000 ($25.51) target price on shares of BHP Group in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on BHP Group from GBX 2,250 ($28.70) to GBX 2,100 ($26.79) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on BHP Group from GBX 2,490 ($31.76) to GBX 2,580 ($32.91) and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th.

BHP Group Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of LON:BHP opened at GBX 2,094.78 ($26.72) on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,156.80 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,174.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.26. The firm has a market cap of £106.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,760.32, a P/E/G ratio of -0.78 and a beta of 0.84. BHP Group has a twelve month low of GBX 1,941.10 ($24.76) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,707.50 ($34.54).

BHP Group Company Profile

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.