NYSE:BP - BP Stock Price, Forecast & News

BP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BP."

BP declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.615 per share on Friday, June 21st. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.13. The oil and gas exploration company earned $69.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.86 billion. BP had a return on equity of 10.67% and a net margin of 1.66%. View BP's Earnings History.

BP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BP.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BP's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.06 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate BP's stock price to reach $47.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BP.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for BP.

Media coverage about BP stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 near term. View News Stories for BP.

BP saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,190,000 shares, a drop of 16.9% from the December 15th total of 5,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View BP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BP include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Repsol (REPYY), Hess (HES), HollyFrontier (HFC), YPF (YPF) and CVR Energy (CVI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BP investors own include AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Pfizer (PFE), Chevron (CVX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

BP's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.01%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%), Janney Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%) and Huntington National Bank (0.01%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Greylin Investment Mangement Inc., JCIC Asset Management Inc., Janney Capital Management LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Cozad Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Barnett & Company Inc. and Delta Capital Management LLC.

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C., Community Trust & Investment Co., Fluent Financial LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Canal Capital Management LLC, Family Legacy Inc. and Merit Financial Group LLC.

Shares of BP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.76.

BP has a market capitalization of $128.20 billion and generates $303.74 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $9.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.80 on an earnings per share basis. BP employs 73,000 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 X0, SW1Y 4PD. The oil and gas exploration company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7496-4000 or via email at [email protected]