NYSE:BPBP Stock Price, Forecast & News

BP's stock was trading at $24.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BP shares have decreased by 10.6% and is now trading at $22.05. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BP.

BP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for BP.

BP will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 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.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The oil and gas exploration company earned $59.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $56.89 billion. BP had a negative net margin of 1.19% and a positive return on equity of 8.53%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.12 earnings per share. View BP's earnings history.

BP announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View BP's dividend history.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for BP's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate BP's share price to reach $39.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 78.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

Media stories about BP stock have been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about BP.

BP saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,470,000 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the June 15th total of 10,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 15,220,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View BP's Current Options Chain.

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

BP's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Stolper Co (0.00%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%) and Woodstock Corp (0.00%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Park National Corp OH, Fulton Bank N. A., Private Asset Management Inc., Investment Counsel Inc., Stolper Co, Independence Bank of Kentucky, and Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC.

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell Capital Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, KG&L Capital Management LLC, Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV, Arden Trust Co, Tsfg LLC, and Private Trust Co. NA.

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 $22.05.

BP has a market capitalization of $74.45 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 70,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for BP is 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 44-0-20-7496-5311 or via email at [email protected]