Ross McEwan Buys 25,000 Shares of BHP Group Limited (ASX:BHP) Stock

BHP Group Limited (ASX:BHP) insider Ross McEwan purchased 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were purchased at an average price of A$40.53 ($25.82) per share, for a total transaction of A$1,013,250.00 ($645,382.17).

BHP Group Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $130.92 billion, a PE ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 0.84.

BHP Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a Interim dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 26th will be given a dividend of $0.785 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. BHP Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 98.23%.

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.