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BP Investors - Our Quick Report For You.

BP p.l.c. logged a 6.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $34.34 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. BP's trading volume is 9,181,038 compared to the stock's average volume of 10,335,876.

BP p.l.c. trades -7.99% away from its average analyst target price of $37.33 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $30.0 to $50.0, and on average have given BP p.l.c. a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying BP should be aware of the facts below:

  • BP p.l.c. has moved -11.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.0%

  • Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.0, BP p.l.c. has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3

  • BP has a forward P/E ratio of 9.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.77 per share

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 8.65 compared to its sector average of 1.86

  • BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments.

  • Based in London, the company has 87,800 full time employees and a market cap of $89.71 Billion. BP p.l.c. currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.9%.

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