NYSE:BP - BP Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

BP declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, June 22nd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 10th. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.11. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $68.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $69.40 billion. BP had a net margin of 1.71% and a return on equity of 7.22%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.08 earnings per share. View BP's Earnings History.

BP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BP.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for BP's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.90 to $54.00. On average, they expect BP's stock price to reach $43.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Ratings for BP.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

News coverage about BP stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. BP earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company an impact score of 46.17 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

BP's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.02%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.02%), Edge Wealth Management LLC (0.01%) and Private Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for BP.

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including World Asset Management Inc, Edge Wealth Management LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Atria Investments LLC, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA and Raymond James Trust N.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for BP.

BP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Bristol Advisors LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Park National Corp OH, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA. View Insider Buying and Selling for BP.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.56.

BP has a market capitalization of $147.76 billion and generates $244.58 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $3.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.88 on an earnings per share basis. BP employs 69,700 workers across the globe.

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]