BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Murray Auchincloss Acquires 88 Shares

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) insider Murray Auchincloss bought 88 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 10th. The shares were acquired at an average cost 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 bought 95 shares of BP stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 394 ($4.82) per share, for a total transaction of £374.30 ($458.03).
• On Monday, November 11th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 100 shares of BP stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 373 ($4.56) per share, with a total value of £373 ($456.44).

BP Trading Up 0.6 %

LON:BP opened at GBX 425.10 ($5.20) on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £67.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,288.18, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 388.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 413.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.91, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.62. 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).

BP Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders 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 payout ratio is 6,969.70%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on BP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating on shares of BP in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Berenberg Bank lowered their price objective on shares of BP from GBX 470 ($5.75) to GBX 440 ($5.38) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 540 ($6.61) target price on shares of BP in a research report on Monday, December 16th. 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.