BHP Billiton LtdBHP:ASX

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34.41
0.65 / 1.93%
7.66m
5.00%
0.9834
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As of May 17 2013 07:10 BST.Data delayed by at least 20 minutes.
Overview
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Income statement

Income statement in USD

Year on year BHP Billiton Ltd's net income fell 34.81% from 23.65bn to 15.42bn despite relatively flat revenues. A contributing factor has been an increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 24.33% to 30.48%. View full income statement

REVENUE
Gross margin--
Net profit margin14.47%
Operating margin22.26%
NET INCOME
Return on assets7.57%
Return on equity14.73%
Return on investment9.15%

Growth rates in USD

Year on year, growth in dividends per share increased 10.89% while earnings per share excluding extraordinary items fell by 32.44%. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since very few companies in the Metal Mining industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, dividend per share growth is above the industry average relative to its peers, while earnings per share growth is in-line with the industry average.

DIVIDEND PER SHARE
Div yield(5 year avg)0.02%
Div growth rate (5 year)18.97%
Payout ratio (TTM)63.39%
EARNINGS PER SHARE
EPS growth(5 years)4.72
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		-57.8386

Cash flow in USD

In 2012, cash reserves at BHP Billiton Ltd fell by 5.20bn. However, the company earned 24.38bn from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 33.76%. In addition the company generated 2.51bn cash from financing while 32.04bn was spent on investing. View full cash flow statement

CASH FLOW
Cash flow per share3.17
Price/Cash flow per share10.24
CASH
Book value per share12.82
Tangible book value per share11.83

Balance sheet in USD

BHP Billiton Ltd has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 34.23%, a higher figure than the previous year's 29.44%. View full balance sheet

TOTAL ASSETS
Current ratio1.13
Quick ratio0.7836
TOTAL DEBT
Total debt/total equity0.5302
Total debt/total capital0.3423
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