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. 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 dividend yield of 6.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 analysts' expectations 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.

12 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for BP's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.06 to $53.00. On average, they expect BP's share price to reach $46.86 in the next twelve months. 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.

News stories about BP stock have been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BP.

BP saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,190,000 shares, a decrease 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

BP's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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]