NYSE:BP - BP Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

BP announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 1st. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. View BP's Dividend History.

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

BP will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.06 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate BP's share price to reach $47.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% 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.

News articles about BP stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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 trading volume of 7,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View BP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BP include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Chevron (CVX), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), ConocoPhillips (COP), 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), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Chevron (CVX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

BP's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.01%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%), Janney Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Meyer Handelman Co. (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C., Community Trust & Investment Co., Fluent Financial LLC, J.W. Cole Advisors Inc., Baxter Bros Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Financial Sense Advisors Inc..

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 $38.20.

BP has a market capitalization of $129.71 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]