Murray Auchincloss Buys 87 Shares of BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) Stock

BP p.l.c. (LON:BP) insider Murray Auchincloss acquired 87 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 10th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 433 ($5.39) per share, for a total transaction of £376.71 ($468.89).

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

• On Friday, January 10th, Murray Auchincloss acquired 88 shares of BP stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 423 ($5.27) per share, for a total transaction of £372.24 ($463.33).
• On Tuesday, December 10th, Murray Auchincloss bought 95 shares of BP stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 394 ($4.90) per share, with a total value of £374.30 ($465.89).

BP Stock Performance

Shares of BP stock opened at GBX 468.75 ($5.83) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £74.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,420.45, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 79.91, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 1.24. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 407.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 407.87. BP p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 379.70 ($4.73) and a 52 week high of GBX 562.30 ($7.00).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BP has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of BP from GBX 425 ($5.29) to GBX 440 ($5.48) and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 540 ($6.72) target price on shares of BP in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on shares of BP from GBX 470 ($5.85) to GBX 440 ($5.48) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, BP presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 595 ($7.41).

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.