Are Analysts Too Bullish On BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP)

BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE:BHP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.54M but it saw 3776769 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 149.08B USD, the company’s current market price of $58.84 came falling about -0.56 while comparing to the previous closing price of $59.17. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $69.11 and as low as $54.28.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP) gives us an average price of $57.24, while its current price level is -14.86% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 8.40% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $58.71 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $59.60. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.23% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.33%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 56.23 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Bernstein also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $60 and $58.

Over the week, BHP’s stock price is moving 4.05% up while it is 1.34% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -13.86% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -7.21%.

Currently, BHP Group Limited ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 2.53B with 0.06% of that held by the insiders while 3.80% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 12.08% and return on equity (ROE) at 17.53%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 20.27 while having a 11.24 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.08. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.60 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.70. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.84% on average.