Murray Auchincloss Acquires 87 Shares of BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP - Get Free Report) insider Murray Auchincloss acquired 87 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 433 ($5.45) per share, with a total value of £376.71 ($474.15).

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

• On Friday, January 10th, Murray Auchincloss bought 88 shares of BP stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 423 ($5.32) per share, with a total value of £372.24 ($468.52).
• On Tuesday, December 10th, Murray Auchincloss bought 95 shares of BP stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 394 ($4.96) per share, with a total value of £374.30 ($471.11).

BP Price Performance

Shares of BP stock traded up GBX 3.90 ($0.05) on Friday, reaching GBX 467.80 ($5.89). 44,165,930 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,560,774. The company has a market cap of £91.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.94, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 412.14 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 408.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 105.65, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 1.22. BP p.l.c. has a 1 year low of GBX 379.70 ($4.78) and a 1 year high of GBX 562.30 ($7.08).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on BP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of BP from GBX 425 ($5.35) to GBX 440 ($5.54) and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 540 ($6.80) price objective on shares of BP in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Berenberg Bank decreased their price objective on shares of BP from GBX 470 ($5.92) to GBX 440 ($5.54) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 595 ($7.49).

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.