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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.13. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $69.29 billion for 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.

12 brokerages have issued 12 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 $46.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BP.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 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 somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for BP.

BP saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,190,000 shares, a decline 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's shares 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), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Chevron (CVX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

BP's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.01%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Huntington National Bank (0.01%), Kempner Capital Management Inc. (0.01%) and Private Asset Management Inc. (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., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Cozad Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Delta Capital Management LLC, Park National Corp OH and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC.

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Community Trust & Investment Co., Fluent Financial LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Family Legacy Inc., Merit Financial Group LLC, Sonora Investment Management LLC and Xcel Wealth Management 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 $38.77.

BP has a market capitalization of $131.65 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]