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BHP Billiton (BLT)

Sector:

Mining

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£28,669m

Change Today

Price Up7.00p (0.54%)

Share Price

1,299.00p

BHP Billiton Overview

Formed by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary with South African miner Billiton, BHP Billiton is the model for a modern resources company. The company produces iron ore, copper, diamonds and aluminium, oil and natural gas, though it is base metals that remain the core of the business.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.6% 3.5%
Div Cover 3.9 3.7
Op Mrgn 40.6% 41.9%
ROCE 39.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 7.1 7.2
PEG 0.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.8
Pr/Book 1.1  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 25.3% -60.4%
PBT 22.2% -58.0%
EPS 17.5% -5.1%
DPS 48.9% -53.9%

BHP Billiton Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-04 a22,887.00 a4,518.00 56.40¢ 12.9 0.2 +82% 26.00¢ 3.6%
30-Jun-05 26,722.00 8,940.00 104.90¢ 10.3 0.1 +86% 28.00¢ 2.6%
30-Jun-06 32,153.00 14,166.00 173.20¢ 9.2 0.1 +65% 36.00¢ 2.3%
30-Jun-07 47,473.00 19,212.00 233.90¢ 9.0 0.3 +35% 47.00¢ 2.2%
30-Jun-08 59,473.00 23,483.00 274.90¢ 10.6 0.6 +18% 70.00¢ 2.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

BHP Billiton Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-09 35,850.41 15,015.10 179.70p 7.2 n/a -5% 49.09p 3.5%
30-Jun-10 34,478.30 13,170.57 171.17p 7.5 n/a -5% 52.99p 3.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital, Bayerische Landesbank, Bernstein Research, CA Cheuvreux, Citigroup Investment Research, Deutsche Bank Research, DZ Bank, Evolution Securities, Exane BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, IIR Group, ING Wholesale Banking, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Lehman Bros, Macquarie Research Equities, Morgan Stanley, Nedgroup Securities (Pty) Ltd, Oddo Securities, Société Générale, Standard & Poors, Theodoor Gilissen Bankers

BHP Billiton Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 06-Jan-2009 07:00 RNS
BHP Billiton Chairman's Letter 18-Dec-2008 07:00 RNS
RBM reaches agreement on 20 per cent BBBEE transac 11-Dec-2008 11:36 RNS

BHP Billiton ShareCast News

London close: Footsie in late fight-back 08-Jan-2009 ShareCast
London afternoon: Rate cut disappoints 08-Jan-2009 ShareCast
Sector movers: Tullow lifts oil sector after find 08-Jan-2009 ShareCast

BHP Billiton Top Newspaper Links

Need to know: 2008 27-Dec-2008 Times
Anglo American to cut mining expansion plans by ... 13-Dec-2008 Times
Rio Tinto buries 14,000 jobs and cuts investment 11-Dec-2008 The Herald

Latest BHP Billiton Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

BHP Billiton Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,299.00p Price Up
Change Today +7.00p
52 Week High 2,196.00
52 Week Low 752.50
Volume 1,098,177
Shares Issued 2,207.01m
Market Cap £28,669m
Beta 1.59
RiskGrade 471
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BHP Billiton Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
43.79% below the market average43.79% below the market average43.79% below the market average43.79% below the market average43.79% below the market average
90.11% below the sector average90.11% below the sector average90.11% below the sector average90.11% below the sector average90.11% below the sector average
Price Trend
70.44% above the market average70.44% above the market average70.44% above the market average70.44% above the market average70.44% above the market average
95.79% above the sector average95.79% above the sector average95.79% above the sector average95.79% above the sector average95.79% above the sector average
Income
28.34% below the market average28.34% below the market average28.34% below the market average28.34% below the market average28.34% below the market average
39.13% below the sector average39.13% below the sector average39.13% below the sector average39.13% below the sector average39.13% below the sector average
Growth
66.96% above the market average66.96% above the market average66.96% above the market average66.96% above the market average66.96% above the market average
64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average64.71% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 16
Buy 5
Neutral 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 27
buy
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BHP Billiton Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 03-Sep-08 27-Feb-08
Paid 25-Sep-08 18-Mar-08
Amount 41.00¢ 29.00¢

Trades for 09-Jan-2009

Time Volume / Share Price
08:30 389 @ 1,299.00p
08:30 311 @ 1,299.00p
08:29 600 @ 1,298.00p
08:29 600 @ 1,298.00p
08:29 100 @ 1,298.00p

BHP Billiton Key Personnel

Chair Donald Robert (Don) Argus
CEO Marius Kloppers
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