NYSE:BPBP 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 shares have decreased by 10.4% and is now trading at $22.09.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BP in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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BP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020.
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BP plc (NYSE:BP) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $59.65 billion for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.12 earnings per share.
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BP announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors 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 11.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th.
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23 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for BP's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect BP's stock price to reach $35.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.1% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about BP stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BP earned a coverage optimism score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.
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BP saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,470,000 shares, a drop of 20.8% from the June 30th total of 11,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to BP include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ConocoPhillips (COP), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Hess (HES), Repsol (REPYY), HollyFrontier (HFC), YPF (YPF) and CVR Energy (CVI).
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Raymond James & Associates (0.10%), Kahn Brothers Group Inc. DE (0.06%), Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), M&T Bank Corp (0.03%) and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.03%).

BP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James & Associates, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., MAI Capital Management, Community Trust & Investment Co., Fluent Financial LLC, Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C., and Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC.

BP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Klingenstein Fields & Co. LLC, Kahn Brothers Group Inc. DE, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Campbell Capital Management Inc., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., and Pacer Advisors Inc..

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 $22.09.

BP has a market capitalization of $74.59 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]