BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Insider Sells £1,208,469.39 in Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) insider Murray Auchincloss sold 336,621 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 359 ($4.83), for a total value of £1,208,469.39 ($1,626,035.24).

Murray Auchincloss also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, May 12th, Murray Auchincloss acquired 102 shares of BP stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 372 ($5.01) per share, for a total transaction of £379.44 ($510.55).
• On Thursday, April 10th, Murray Auchincloss purchased 113 shares of BP stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 333 ($4.48) per share, with a total value of £376.29 ($506.31).

BP Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of LON:BP opened at GBX 359.75 ($4.84) on Friday. BP p.l.c. has a 12-month low of GBX 379.70 ($5.11) and a 12-month high of GBX 562.30 ($7.57). The company has a market capitalization of £70.02 billion, a PE ratio of 26.87, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 369.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 398.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 105.65.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on BP shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded BP to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from GBX 440 ($5.92) to GBX 510 ($6.86) in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 480 ($6.46) price target on shares of BP in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 494 ($6.65).

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.