BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Buys £372.24 in Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP - Get Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss purchased 88 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 10th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 423 ($5.18) per share, with a total value of £372.24 ($455.51).

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

• On Tuesday, December 10th, Murray Auchincloss acquired 95 shares of BP stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 394 ($4.82) per share, with a total value of £374.30 ($458.03).
• On Monday, November 11th, Murray Auchincloss acquired 100 shares of BP stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 373 ($4.56) per share, for a total transaction of £373 ($456.44).

BP Price Performance

LON BP traded up GBX 2.40 ($0.03) on Monday, reaching GBX 425.10 ($5.20). 37,077,213 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,560,774. BP p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 379.70 ($4.65) and a 12 month high of GBX 562.30 ($6.88). The company has a market cap of £67.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,288.18, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 388.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 413.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.91.

BP Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th were paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 7th. BP's dividend payout ratio is presently 6,969.70%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

BP has been the topic of several analyst reports. Berenberg Bank dropped their price objective on BP from GBX 470 ($5.75) to GBX 440 ($5.38) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 29th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 540 ($6.61) price target on shares of BP in a report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "underweight" rating on shares of BP in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 605 ($7.40).

BP Company Profile

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.