LON:BP - BP Share Price, Forecast & News

BP's stock was trading at GBX 317.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BP shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at GBX 305.50. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for BP.

BP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for BP.

BP announced a dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 13th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.11 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a boost from BP's previous dividend of $0.10. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View BP's dividend history.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 380 to GBX 620. On average, they anticipate BP's share price to reach GBX 508.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

News stories about BP stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutBP.

Some companies that are related to BP include Suncor Energy (SU), Imperial Oil (IMO), Imperial Oil (IMO), Husky Energy (HSE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Quadrise Fuels International (QFI), XXL Energy (XL), Georox Resources (GXR), Relentless Resources (RRL) and Wolf Petroleum (WOF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BP investors own include Charlemagne Capital (CCAP), City of London Group (CIN), Topps Tiles (TPT), First Property Group (FPO), Redhall Group (RHL), Centrica (CNA), 21st Century Technology (C21), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), CENTRICA PLC/S (CPYYY) and Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN).

BP trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BP."

Shares of BP and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 305.50.

BP has a market capitalization of £61.90 billion and generates £276.85 billion in revenue each year. BP employs 69,600 workers across the globe. View additional information about BP.

The official website for BP is http://www.bp.com/.

BP's mailing address is 1 St James's Square, LONDON, SW1Y 4PD, United Kingdom. The oil and gas exploration company can be reached via phone at +44-20-74962107.