Murray Auchincloss Sells 336,621 Shares of BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP - Get Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss sold 336,621 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 359 ($4.83), for a total value of £1,208,469.39 ($1,626,472.93).

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

• On Monday, May 12th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 102 shares of BP stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 372 ($5.01) per share, with a total value of £379.44 ($510.69).
• On Thursday, April 10th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 113 shares of BP stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 333 ($4.48) per share, with a total value of £376.29 ($506.45).

BP Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of BP stock traded up GBX 1.75 ($0.02) on Monday, reaching GBX 359.75 ($4.84). 68,234,376 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 ($5.11) and a 52 week high of GBX 562.30 ($7.57). The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 105.65. The stock has a market capitalization of £70.02 billion, a PE ratio of 26.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 369.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 398.70.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently commented on BP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised BP to a "neutral" rating and increased their price target for the company from GBX 440 ($5.92) to GBX 510 ($6.86) in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a "sector perform" rating and issued a GBX 480 ($6.46) target price on shares of BP in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 494 ($6.65).

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.