LON:BPBP Share Price, Forecast & News

BP's stock was trading at GBX 317.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BP stock has decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at GBX 303.45. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BP.

BP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for BP.

BP announced a dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 7th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.11 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 7th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View BP's dividend history.

20 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 250 to GBX 620. On average, they anticipate BP's stock price to reach GBX 392 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

News stories about BP stock have trended negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about BP.

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

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), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and CENTRICA PLC/S (CPYYY).

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 303.45.

BP has a market capitalization of £61.48 billion and generates £270.40 billion in revenue each year. BP employs 69,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for BP is 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.