BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) has agreed to pay the state of Western Australia A$250 million (£138 million) to end a dispute over royalties paid on iron ore shipments sold through its Singapore marketing hub, the two parties said on Friday. The State government found in January that the world’s biggest miner had underpaid royalties on iron ore shipments sold via Singapore stretching back over more than a decade.
The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company. Insider ownership for the BBL is 0.20%. Institutional ownership refers to the ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the BBL is 4.60%.
Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about that BBL. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships) for the BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) is 0.00%.
Institutional ownership is the amount of a BHP Group (NYSE:BBL)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership for the BBL is 2.12%.
U.S traded BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) stock advanced 0.12% on Friday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $51.11 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are 697144. The number of shares BBL stock currently held by all its shareholders are 2742.29 and floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading in an open market on last trading day are 1046.00. The average volume of shares for 3 months is 1263.78 and BBL stock value has moved between $36.25 – 51.11 in last one year.
The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The the profit margin is 5.80% and the stock has gained 28.03% in 2019 to date.
U.S. traded shares of BHP Group (NYSE:BBL)’s monthly stock performance is 12.03%, the quarterly performance is 5.86%, the half year performance is calculated as 29.38%. The yearly performance of BBL is 21.50%.
The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) weekly volatility is measured as 0.99% and monthly volatility measured as 1.07%.
Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. BBL return on assets is 2.30%, the return on equity (ROE) of the BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) is 4.60%, while the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is typically used for personal financial decisions, and BBL return on investment is 13.70%.
The price to earnings ratio is 14.60, price to sales ratio is 3.23, and price to book ratio is 2.68, price to cash per share ration is 8.86, price to free cash flow is 12.48.
Analysts mean target price for BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) is $54.19 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.50. The current share price indicates that stock is -0.27% away from its one year high and is moving 40.98% ahead of its 52-week low. BBL’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 6.02% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 8.47%.
