BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX:BSL) Announces Dividend Increase – $0.30 Per Share

BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX:BSL) announced a interim dividend on Tuesday, February 18th,MarketIndexAU Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 24th will be given a dividend of 0.30 per share on Monday, March 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This is an increase from BlueScope Steel’s previous interim dividend of $0.25.

BlueScope Steel Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $9.62 billion, a PE ratio of 12.09, a P/E/G ratio of -0.37 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.73, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.81.

About BlueScope Steel

BlueScope Steel Limited produces and sells metal coated and painted steel building products in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Australian Steel Products, North Star BlueScope Steel, Coated Products Asia, Buildings and Coated Products North America, and New Zealand & Pacific Islands.