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, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from BP's previous quarterly dividend of $0.61. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.11. The oil and gas exploration company earned $71.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $67.44 billion. BP had a net margin of 1.42% and a return on equity of 9.80%. BP's revenue for the quarter was down 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.04 EPS. View BP's Earnings History.

BP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BP.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for BP's stock. 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 30.7% 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 stories about BP stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BP.

BP saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,250,000 shares, a drop of 22.4% from the January 15th total of 4,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 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), Chevron (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), 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 PBF Energy (PBF).

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), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Chevron (CVX), AbbVie (ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

BP's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (0.80%), FMR LLC (0.52%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.50%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.35%), Sanders Capital LLC (0.23%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.15%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Jennison Associates LLC, State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Raymond James & Associates.

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sanders Capital LLC, Captrust Financial Advisors, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Credit Suisse AG, SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, OLD Republic International Corp and First Republic Investment Management 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 $36.00.

BP has a market capitalization of $122.24 billion and generates $282.62 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $4.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.95 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]