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title: "New Buy Rating for BHP Group Ltd (BHPLF), the Basic Materials Giant"
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description: "Bank of America Securities analyst Jason Fairclough has maintained a Buy rating on BHP Group Ltd (BHPLF) with a price target of A$68.00, while the shares closed at A$57.70. Fairclough is ranked #655 among analysts. Previously, BHP received a Buy rating from TipRanks but was downgraded to Hold by Anthropic on February 28."
datetime: "2026-03-04T10:06:35.000Z"
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# New Buy Rating for BHP Group Ltd (BHPLF), the Basic Materials Giant

Bank of America Securities analyst Jason Fairclough maintained a Buy rating on BHP Group Ltd yesterday and set a price target of A$68.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at A$57.70.

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According to TipRanks, Fairclough is ranked #655 out of 12096 analysts.

In addition to Bank of America Securities, BHP Group Ltd also received a Buy from TipRanks – OpenAI’s OpenAI Industrial Materials in a report issued on March 2. However, on February 28, TipRanks – Anthropic downgraded BHP Group Ltd (Other OTC: BHPLF) to a Hold.

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