BVN Stock — Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BVN is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.95%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.73%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 90/100 (Safe). Total return is 828.0% over the past 30.4 years, 1006.3 points behind SPY at 1834.3%.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is a Peruvian mining company engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of mines across Peru, the Americas, Europe, and Asia, extracting gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, and antimony. The company also operates hydroelectric plants and produces manganese sulfate. It distributes to shareholders on a semi-annual basis, though its most recent distribution was special and nonrecurring, so it does not represent a dependable income stream; the regular distribution rate is minimal.

BVN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 828.0% over the past 30.4 years, 1006.3 points behind SPY at 1834.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 17.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 33.2%.

BVN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

90 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.85%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/15/1996

Distribution rate

0.95%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

3.73%

5-year average yield

0.85

Last close

$30.42 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$7,718,016,080

Average volume

671583.0

Dividend

$0.99

Ex-dividend date

04/21/2026

Payment date

05/12/2026

Beta

0.416

Payout ratio

25.0%

P/E ratio

6.91

Forward P/E

36.4964

EPS

$4.40

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.95%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.73%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BVN risks and drawbacks

BVN's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 33.2%.

Who may consider BVN — and who may not

BVN may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BVN pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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