BHP full-year profit plunges on lower iron ore prices

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BHP (NYSE:BHP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BHP]) -0.3% post-market Monday after reporting its smallest annual underlying profit in five years [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/bhps-full-year-profit-plunges-26-2025-08-18/], as iron ore prices remained under pressure due to oversupply concerns and slowing demand in China.

BHP (NYSE:BHP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BHP]) reported [https://www.bhp.com/news/media-centre/releases/2025/07/bhp-operational-review-for-the-year-ended-30-june-2025] an underlying attributable profit of $10.16B for the year ended June 30, 26% below year-earlier underlying attributable earnings of $13.66B and missing the Visible Alpha consensus of $10.22B and posting its weakest annual performance since 2020.

The world's largest listed miner also announced a final dividend of $0.60/share, down from $0.74/share in the previous year, resulting in a total annual payout of $1.10/share, its weakest dividend payout since 2017.

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