How many BHP shares do I need to buy to earn $100 a week in passive income?

With BHP's dividends surging 42% this year, how many shares do I need to buy for a $100 weekly passive income?

Bernd Struben

Author bio Bernd Struben earned his BA in economics from the University of Michigan in 1991, with post-graduate studies in environmental economics at the University of Connecticut. Over the years he’s written about and analysed the tourism industry in the Caribbean; Europe’s commercial real estate markets; and, since moving to Australia in 2010, global and Aussie share markets. Bernd studies geopolitical and macroeconomic trends, alongside sector and company specific data, to gauge what he believes could be tomorrow's best investments. In his free time, you might find Bernd at the beach with his family or working on his next science fiction novel. Areas of expertise Australian and global share markets Macroeconomic and geopolitical trends Real estate Education Economics, University of Michigan Favorite investment quote "The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'This time it's different." — Sir John Templeton

Published September 15, 5:00 am AEST

With FY 2026 dividends up 41.6% from the prior financial year, BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) shares have jumped back onto passive income investors' radars.

Atop the welcome passive income boost, BHP has also delivered some outsized capital gains.

Trading at $60.04 apiece on Monday, shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) mining giant have surged a remarkable 48% in 12 months.

That's seen the Aussie miner's market cap leap to just under $306 billion. And earlier this year, it saw BHP retake the mantle from Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) as the biggest company on the ASX.

So, how about that $100 a week – or $5,200 a year – in passive income?

We'll crunch those numbers below in a tick.

But before we do, keep in mind that the dividend yields you generally see quoted are trailing yields. These are, by their nature, backward-looking.

Future BHP dividend payouts could be higher or lower depending on a range of macroeconomic and company-specific factors. For BHP, that includes things such as variable weather conditions and future copper and iron ore prices.

With that said…

Australian dollar notes in the pocket of a man's jeans, symbolising dividends. — Image source: Getty Images

Drilling into BHP shares for $100 a week in passive income

BHP paid a fully-franked interim dividend of $1.039 a share on 26 March.

Management then declared a final fully-franked dividend of $1.38 a share when the ASX 200 mining stock reported its full-year FY 2026 results on 18 August. That's up 50.2% from the previous final dividend payout.

It's a bit too late to grab that latest passive income payout, as BHP shares traded ex-dividend on 3 September. If you held the stock at market close on 2 September, you can expect to receive that boosted dividend next week, on 23 September.

For the full year, then, BHP paid out a total of $2.419 a share in fully-franked dividends.

At the recent share price, this sees the stock trading on a fully-franked trailing yield of 4%.

And to earn $100 a week, or $5,200 a year, in passive income, you'd need to buy $2,150 BHP shares today.

At the recent share price, that represents an investment of $129,086.

Now, I realise that's a big investment to make all in one go.

But that's okay.

Investing is a long game.

You can always buy a smaller number of BHP shares on a regular basis, and you'll reach your $100 weekly passive income goal in good time.

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