Five years ago, BHP Group Ltd shares were catching plenty of attention from ASX passive income investors.
Five years ago, on 17 September 2021 you could have picked up BHP stock for $34.87 per share.
Meaning those 286 shares are now worth $17,266.
On the bottom line, the big uptick in the passive income from BHP shares in FY 2026 came amid the miner's 30% increase in underlying profit, which climbed to US$13.2 billion.
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Five years ago, BHP Group Ltd shares were catching plenty of attention from ASX passive income investors. On Thursday, the ASX mining giant was trading for $60.37 a share.
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Five years ago, BHP Group Ltd shares were catching plenty of attention from ASX passive income investors.
While the next three years saw the BHP dividend decline each year, the miner's FY 2026 dividend payouts reversed that trend, climbing 41.6% from 2025.
Five years ago, on 17 September 2021 you could have picked up BHP stock for $34.87 per share.
On Thursday, the ASX mining giant was trading for $60.37 a share. Meaning those 286 shares are now worth $17,266.
As for that passive income, if you'd owned the stock since September 2021, you would have received the last 10 BHP dividend payouts totalling $13.583 per share.
On the copper front, while production slipped 3% year on year to 1.953 million tonnes, the miner's average realised price of US$5.74 per pound was up 35% from FY 2025.
On the bottom line, the big uptick in the passive income from BHP shares in FY 2026 came amid the miner's 30% increase in underlying profit, which climbed to US$13.2 billion.
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