NYSE:BP - BP Stock Price, Forecast & News

BP's stock was trading at $24.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BP stock has increased by 5.6% and is now trading at $26.03. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 8 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, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for BP.

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

BP declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a boost from BP's previous quarterly dividend of $0.61. View BP's dividend history.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate BP's share price to reach $42.16 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 62.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

Media stories about BP stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBP.

BP saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 14,151,100 shares, an increase of 97.6% from the February 27th total of 7,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.4% 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), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ConocoPhillips (COP), 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), Chevron (CVX), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

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

BP's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.00%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Cullinan Associates Inc., Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., and M&R Capital Management Inc..

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Asset Management Inc., and Cox Capital Mgt LLC.

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One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.03.

BP has a market capitalization of $88.39 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]