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Company snapshot — BHP Group Limited

BHP.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
BHP is a diversified miner working through three reporting segments: copper, iron ore and coal, alongside exploration for nickel, potash, uranium and other minerals. It also runs marketing, trading, finance and smelting operations that support its mined output. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, it operates mines and projects across Australia, the Americas and Asia.
Where it sits in the stack
BHP carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks. It belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry, within Closelook's broader universe rather than any build-out sleeve.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for BHP draws on scored Basic Materials names, mostly gold and precious-metals miners such as Barrick Mining, Kinross Gold and Gold Fields; the market's usual comparison is Rio Tinto.
Why Closelook tracks it
BHP carries a Closelook score with quality as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no index seat and no quotes appear for it in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether momentum recovers alongside the quality reading, or whether the gap between the two widens as commodity conditions shift.

BHP Group Limited (BHP.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 65/100 composite (momentum 70, quality 83, valuation 69) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BHP.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Other Industrial Metals & Mining · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against BHP.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.03%, semi-annual · last 74.09 GBP on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What BHP.L pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 129 GBP per share · a 4.03% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +54.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 83.48 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 74.09 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 83.48 GBP (partial) · 2026: 129 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-06
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 6.76 bn GBX 113% of earnings
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 6.76 bn GBX · 57% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in Europe: −0.4% week · −2.9% month · −0.6% quarter · +10.3% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV3.XETRA+EXH6.XETRA+EXH3.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is BHP Group Limited (BHP.L)?

BHP Group Limited trades as BHP.L on the LSE exchange (UK) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BHP.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — BHP Group Limited is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is BHP Group Limited's Closelook composite score?

65 out of 100, with momentum 70, quality 83 and valuation 69 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BHP.L trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.8% vs the 50-day and +10.9% vs the 200-day average, 9.7% below the 52-week high and +67.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does BHP Group Limited do?

BHP is a diversified miner working through three reporting segments: copper, iron ore and coal, alongside exploration for nickel, potash, uranium and other minerals. It also runs marketing, trading, finance and smelting operations that support its mined output. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, it operates mines and projects across Australia, the Americas and Asia. Closelook's peer group for BHP draws on scored Basic Materials names, mostly gold and precious-metals miners such as Barrick Mining, Kinross Gold and Gold Fields; the market's usual comparison is Rio Tinto.

Where does BHP Group Limited sit in the AI build-out?

BHP carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks. It belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry, within Closelook's broader universe rather than any build-out sleeve. BHP carries a Closelook score with quality as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no index seat and no quotes appear for it in the diary's editions.

Does BHP Group Limited pay a dividend?

BHP Group Limited has paid 129 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 4.03% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 74.09 GBP on 2026-09-01. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 6.76 bn GBX in dividends, 57% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BHP.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Other Industrial Metals & Mining, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.