BP p.l.c. – An In-Depth Analysis of Fundamentals

By Harris Dyer • Tuesday, February 06 09:51 • Permanent Link

Shares of Oil & Gas Integrated company BP p.l.c. jumped 5.3% today. With many investors piling into BP without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

BP p.l.c. has moved -9.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.7%
BP has an average analyst rating of buy and is -15.39% away from its mean target price of $42.63 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $8.33
BP p.l.c. has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.51 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 8.57 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
BP p.l.c. is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 8.53 and an average P/B of 1.78
The company has a free cash flow of $17.66 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments.

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