BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Acquires £374.30 in Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BPGet Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss bought 95 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 394 ($4.97) per share, for a total transaction of £374.30 ($472.42).

Murray Auchincloss also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, November 11th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 100 shares of BP stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 373 ($4.71) per share, for a total transaction of £373 ($470.78).

BP Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of LON:BP opened at GBX 395.95 ($5.00) on Friday. BP p.l.c. has a 12-month low of GBX 379.70 ($4.79) and a 12-month high of GBX 562.30 ($7.10). The company has a current ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.91. The firm has a market cap of £62.76 billion, a PE ratio of 1,199.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 390.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 424.87.

BP Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. BP’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6,969.70%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 500 ($6.31) target price on shares of BP in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. Berenberg Bank dropped their target price on shares of BP from GBX 470 ($5.93) to GBX 440 ($5.55) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating on shares of BP in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, BP presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 618 ($7.80).

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BP Company Profile

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BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments. It engages in the production of natural gas, and integrated gas and power; trading of gas; operation of onshore and offshore wind power, as well as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage facilities; trading and marketing of renewable and non-renewable power; and production of crude oil.

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