NYSE:BP - BP Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

BP announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Friday, June 22nd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 10th. View BP's Dividend History.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.11. The oil and gas exploration company earned $68.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $69.40 billion. BP had a net margin of 1.71% and a return on equity of 7.22%. The firm's revenue was up 22.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.08 earnings per share. View BP's Earnings History.

BP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BP.

14 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BP's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.90 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate BP's share price to reach $43.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Ratings for BP.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to BP include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Royal Dutch Shell plc ADR Class B (RDS.B), Chevron (CVX), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), Statoil (STO), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ConocoPhillips (COP), Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Repsol (REPYY), Andeavor (ANDV), Hess (HES) and HollyFrontier (HFC).

Media headlines about BP stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BP earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the oil and gas exploration company an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

BP's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.02%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.02%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.02%) and Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for BP.

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., World Asset Management Inc, Edge Wealth Management LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, TIAA FSB and Atria Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for BP.

BP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Bristol Advisors LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Park National Corp OH and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for BP.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.54.

BP has a market capitalization of $148.13 billion and generates $244.58 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $3.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.88 on an earnings per share basis. BP employs 69,700 workers across the globe.

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]