Published on 1 Feb 2022 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Investors in BHP Group (ASX:BHP) have made a strong return of 147% over the past five years
Generally speaking the aim of active stock picking is to find companies that provide returns that are superior to the market average. And in our experience, buying the right stocks can give your wealth a significant boost. To wit, the BHP Group share price has climbed 79% in five years, easily topping the market return of 23% (ignoring dividends). On the other hand, the more recent gains haven't been so impressive, with shareholders gaining just 12% , including dividends .
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.
View our latest analysis for BHP Group