NYSE:BPBP Stock Price, Forecast & News

BP's stock was trading at $24.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BP shares have decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at $22.1447. 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 plc (NYSE:BP) announced 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 the consensus estimate of $56.89 billion. BP had a positive return on equity of 8.53% and a negative net margin of 1.19%. The firm's revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.12 EPS. View BP's earnings history.

BP declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View BP's dividend history.

23 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect BP's share price to reach $39.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 77.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

Press coverage about BP stock has trended negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%), Woodstock Corp (0.00%) and Courier Capital LLC (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., Independence Bank of Kentucky, Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC, Woodstock Corp, and Legacy Capital Partners Inc..

BP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell Capital Management Inc., 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 $22.14.

BP has a market capitalization of $74.77 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]