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 stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $23.41. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

22 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 11 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The oil and gas exploration company earned $59.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $56.89 billion. BP had a positive return on equity of 8.53% and a negative net margin of 1.19%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.12 earnings per share. View BP's earnings history.

BP declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid 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 10.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View BP's dividend history.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate BP's stock price to reach $39.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 67.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BP.

News headlines about BP stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about BP.

BP saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,140,000 shares, a decrease of 21.7% from the May 31st total of 12,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 17,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View BP's Current Options Chain.

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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), Walt Disney (DIS) 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.00%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH.

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One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.41.

BP has a market capitalization of $79.04 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]