BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Purchases £379.44 in Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP - Get Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss acquired 102 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 372 ($4.94) per share, with a total value of £379.44 ($504.04).

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

• On Thursday, April 10th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 113 shares of BP stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 333 ($4.42) per share, for a total transaction of £376.29 ($499.85).

BP Stock Performance

Shares of LON:BP traded up GBX 4.55 ($0.06) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 372.80 ($4.95). The stock had a trading volume of 22,251,132 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,560,774. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 384.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 399.65. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 105.65. BP p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 379.70 ($5.04) and a 52 week high of GBX 562.30 ($7.47). The firm has a market capitalization of £72.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.85, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BP has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of BP to a "neutral" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from GBX 440 ($5.84) to GBX 510 ($6.77) in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a "sector perform" rating and set a GBX 480 ($6.38) price target on shares of BP in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, BP presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 494 ($6.56).

BP Company Profile

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.