Still a good pick for your portfolio

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BHP GROUP LTD. (ADR) $55 is a buy for the Resources portion of your portfolio. This stock (New York symbol BHP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $88.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 5.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bhp.com) gives investors exposure to a leading producer of iron ore (which supplies 50% of its earnings) as well as oil and gas, copper, and coal. BHP operates in Australia, the U.S., U.K., Chile and South Africa. The company has now earmarked $8 billion for new projects and exploration in 2020 and 2021 (fiscal years end June 30). Most of that cash will go toward six major projects to expand BHP’s iron ore, oil and copper production. That should spur your gains by increasing BHP’s 2020 earnings by 20.1%, to $3.97 per ADR (each ADR equals two BHP common shares). The stock, which already gained 17% for investors in the past year, trades at a moderate 13.9 times that forecast. The $3.12 dividend…