What BP Investors Need to Know Today.

By Kent Smith • Friday, October 21 12:00 • Permanent Link

Shares of Energy sector company BP p.l.c. moved 0.8% today, and are now trading at a price of $31.22. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 3,975,680 compared to its average volume of 10,594,834. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.6% performance.

British Petroleum is based in London and has 65,900 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $102,564,569,088. BP p.l.c. currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.7% per year.

14 analysts are following BP p.l.c. and have set target prices ranging from $31 to $51 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, BP is trading -16.1% away from its average analyst target price of $37.21 per share.

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