BHP Billiton Limited ( BHP ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 08, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $1.1 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 27, 2018. Shareholders who purchased BHP prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 27.91% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of BHP was $46.67, representing a -8.11% decrease from the 52 week high of $50.79 and a 39.86% increase over the 52 week low of $33.37.
BHP is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Rio Tinto Plc ( RIO ) and Southern Copper Corporation ( SCCO ). Zacks Investment Research reports BHP's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 32.61%, compared to an industry average of 14.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BHP Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to BHP through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BHP as a top-10 holding:
- iShares, Inc. ( PICK )
- iShares MSCI Pacific Ex-Japan Index Fund ( EPP )
- IQ ARB Global Resources ETF ( GRES )
- iShares Global Materials ETF ( MXI )
- iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF ( IPAC ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PICK with an increase of 11.26% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of BHP at 8.39%.
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