Essential Information for BP p.l.c. (BP) Investors

By Chris Stiles • Sunday, January 05 15:11 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about BP p.l.c. over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Oil & Gas Integrated stock at a price of $30.47? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

BP p.l.c. has moved -14.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.7%
BP has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.88% away from its mean target price of $37.56 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.0
BP p.l.c. has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.77 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 7.67 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
BP p.l.c. is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 13.62 and an average P/B of 1.86
BP has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -95.5% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $16.31 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. 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. In addition, the company involved in convenience and retail fuel, EV charging, Castrol lubricant, aviation, B2B, and midstream businesses; refining and oil trading; and bioenergy business. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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