Insider Buying: BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Acquires 87 Shares of Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP - Get Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss bought 87 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 433 ($5.45) per share, for a total transaction of £376.71 ($474.15).

Murray Auchincloss also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, January 10th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 88 shares of BP stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 423 ($5.32) per share, for a total transaction of £372.24 ($468.52).
• On Tuesday, December 10th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 95 shares of BP stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 394 ($4.96) per share, for a total transaction of £374.30 ($471.11).

BP Price Performance

BP stock traded up GBX 3.90 ($0.05) during midday trading on Friday, hitting GBX 467.80 ($5.89). 44,165,930 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,560,774. BP p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 379.70 ($4.78) and a 52-week high of GBX 562.30 ($7.08). The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 412.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 408.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 105.65, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 1.22. The company has a market cap of £91.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.94, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

BP has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Berenberg Bank dropped their price target on BP from GBX 470 ($5.92) to GBX 440 ($5.54) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 29th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 540 ($6.80) target price on shares of BP in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on BP from GBX 425 ($5.35) to GBX 440 ($5.54) and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, BP has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 595 ($7.49).

About BP

BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments. It engages in the production of natural gas, and integrated gas and power; trading of gas; operation of onshore and offshore wind power, as well as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage facilities; trading and marketing of renewable and non-renewable power; and production of crude oil.