BP plc ADR (NYSE: BP): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

BP plc ADR (NYSE:BP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 12.84M but it saw 10285414 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 72.48B USD, the company’s current market price of $27.66 came rising about 1.65 while comparing to the previous closing price of $27.21. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $39.73 and as low as $25.22. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $27.4635 while lowest mark touched by it was $28.18.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of BP plc ADR (BP) gives us an average price of $30.86, while its current price level is -30.38% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 9.65% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $32.29 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $31.95. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.43% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.40%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 35.55 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

TD Cowen downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Buy” on March 19, 2025 while assigning a price target of $40.

Over the week, BP’s stock price is moving -0.86% down while it is -19.17% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -6.43% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -29.20%.

Currently, BP plc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 2.64B with 0.00% of that held by the insiders while 11.70% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.31% and return on equity (ROE) at 0.59%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 350.13 while having a 8.27 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.52. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.23 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.38. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.14% on average.