BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE: BHP) Recovers 5.20% From 52-Week Low, Is BHP Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

BHP Group Limited ADR (NYSE:BHP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.27M but it saw 3444510 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 137.96B USD, the company’s current market price of $54.42 came falling about -2.25 while comparing to the previous closing price of $55.67. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $69.11 and as low as $51.73. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $54.105 while lowest mark touched by it was $54.58.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP) gives us an average price of $53.89, while its current price level is -21.26% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 5.20% 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 $55.69 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $58.97. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.21% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.52%. 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 48.55 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, BHP’s stock price is moving -1.68% down while it is 0.57% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -20.33% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -2.94%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2007-Aug-22, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0 while estimate for next year EPS is 4.11. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $52.92B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, BHP Group Limited ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 2.54B with 0.02% of that held by the insiders while 3.79% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 12.40% and return on equity (ROE) at 17.62%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 17.56 while having a 11.29 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.07. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.08 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.48. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.73% on average.