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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)
After hours:
| Previous close | 58.70 |
| Open | 59.10 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 900 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 800 |
| Day's range | 58.69 - 59.29 |
| 52-week range | 54.28 - 69.11 |
| Volume | |
| Avg. volume | 2,576,370 |
| Market cap | 150.008B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.86 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 20.36 |
| EPS (TTM) | 2.91 |
| Earnings date | N/A |
| Forward dividend & yield | 3.04 (5.13%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 07 Mar 2024 |
| 1y target est | 64.25 |
Evening StandardFTSE 100 Live 25 April: Sainsbury's results; mining takeover plan revealed, shares seen steady
Anglo American confirmed last night that it is considering an all-share offer by BHP but did not disclose the price on the table from its Sydney-based rival. It did reveal, however, that the proposal is first dependent on it completing separate demergers of its South Africa-listed platinum and iron ore operations to Anglo shareholders. “The premium offered by overseas buyers swooping on London-listed firms is seen as evidence that UK assets are still cheap, having been languishing as a result of the Brexit-effect and the sluggish performance of the UK economy.”
BloombergBHP Makes Takeover Approach For Rival Miner Anglo American
(Bloomberg) -- The world’s largest mining company, BHP Group Ltd., has made a takeover approach for rival Anglo American Plc, a move that could spark the biggest shakeup in the industry in over a decade.Most Read from BloombergBiden’s Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, Poll ShowsZuckerberg Asks for Patience After Meta’s AI Push Irks InvestorsTaylor Swift Is Proof That How We Critique Music Is BrokenMalaysia in Talks With Tycoons on Casino to Revive $100 Billion Forest CityTec
ReutersBHP to reshape copper market with Anglo bid
London-listed miner Anglo American said on Thursday it had received an all-share buyout proposal from BHP Group, a deal that would make the world's biggest listed miner also the largest producer of copper globally. The deal, if agreed, would also trigger further transactions in the global mining industry, which has seen a flurry of mergers and acquisitions as companies look to raise exposure to metals deemed critical to the energy transition. Big read through for other copper producers clearly the global consolidation is on.
