Yahoo / Market Guide - BHP Billiton Limited

BHP Billiton Limited is a global natural resources company with a regional steel business. The Company is engaged in the discovery, development, production and marketing of iron ore, coal, copper, oil and gas, diamonds, silver, lead, zinc and a range of other natural resources. The Company also manufactures value-added flat steel products. BHP comprises three main operating businesses: Minerals, Petroleum and Steel. These businesses are supported by a transport and logistics business, a corporate services group and functional groups for finance, strategy and legal.

More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary

BHP Billiton Ltd., has interests and operations in mineralsexploration, production and processing, oil and gas exploration and development, and steel production and merchandising. For the comparable nine months ended 3/31/01, revenues rose 2% to A$15.84 billion. Net income rose 25% to A$1.45 billion. Revenues reflect higher prices for petroleum products. Higher income also reflects lower operating expenses and reduced borrowing costs.

More from Market Guide: Significant Developments

Officers

	Position
Don Argus, 61	Chairman
Chip Goodyear	CFO
Paul Anderson, 54	Managing Director, CEO
Joe Czyzewski	Treasurer
John Fast	Chief Legal Counsel

More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors:
Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BHP

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 30-Mar-2001	$`9.104`
Recent Price	$`10.03`
52-Week High on 21-May-2001	$`12.01`
Beta	`0.81`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`86.5K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`71.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y \| max]
52-Week Change	`-5.3%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+27.0%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`18.4B`
Shares Outstanding	`1.84B`
Float	`1.16B`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend	none
Last Split: factor 2.0651 on 13-July-2001

Per-Share Data
Book Value	N/A
Earnings (ttm)	$`0`
Earnings (mrq)	$`0.01`
Sales	N/A
Cash	N/A
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book	N/A
Price/Earnings	N/A
Price/Sales	N/A
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`0`
EBITDA	N/A
Income available to common (ttm)	$`0`
Profitability
Profit Margin	N/A
Operating Margin	N/A
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	June 30
Most recent quarter	31-Mar-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets	N/A
Return on Equity	N/A
Financial Strength
Current Ratio	N/A
Debt/Equity	N/A
Total Cash	N/A
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`3.77M`
Percent of Float	`0.3%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`4.91M`
Short Ratio	`37.35`
Daily Volume	`101.0K`
ADR Information
Shares/ADR	2

See Profile Help for a description of each item above; K = thousands; M = millions; B = billions; mrq = most-recent quarter; ttm = trailing twelve months; (as of 31-Mar-2001); dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.89 Australian Dollars/US Dollar

Market Guide offers more in-depth Company Research, Stock Screening, and Hottest Stocks and Industries on over 10,000 U.S. Equities.

Copyright © 2001 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
Company information Copyright Market Guide. Historical chart data and daily updates provided by Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI). Event data provided by CCBN. Data and information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes. Neither Yahoo nor any of its data or content providers (such as Market Guide, CSI, etc.) shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.