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BP PLC BP

US equityMarket cap rank #183Oil & Gas IntegratedSafe-Haven Assets
$43.53 −$1.06 (-2.38%)
Market open · Nov 10, 9:40 am ET · After hours $44.65 +0.13%
Open$43.80
Prev close$44.59
Day range$43.38 – $43.87
Volume810.4K
Market cap$112.12B
P/E (TTM)12.6
Dividend yield4.63%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership80.3%+0.59 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,724+34 vs. prior quarter
Short interest0.32% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share19.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

13%17%20%24%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$85.49M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$19.1MSuper−$66.4MBig−$57.9MMid−$63.6MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 21.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.07%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.09%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.70%
  • Fisher Investments2.60%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management2.55%
  • Bp p.l.c., ESOP2.38%
  • GQG Partners, LLC2.32%
  • UBS Asset Management2.12%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund57.48%
  • Public Company6.72%
  • Private Company5.07%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund4.61%
  • Corporate Pension Plan2.44%
  • Hedge Fund2.07%
  • Government Pension Fund1.35%
  • Insurance Company0.20%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.32% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Public Company 2026/Q3 +10,385,726 0.6%
Société Générale Société anonyme Public Company 2026/Q3 +19,221,903 1.5%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Private Company 2026/Q3 +14,319,422 0.6%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +13,495,090 0.5%
Principal Global Investors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +7,785,905 0.5%
Janus Henderson Group plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +7,486,581 0.8%
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. Private Company 2026/Q3 +5,184,206 1.2%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Public Company 2026/Q3 +5,005,253 0.2%
Nomura Holdings, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +4,742,470 0.3%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,528,219 1.7%
ADG Verto Capital Management S.à.r.l. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,467,261 0.3%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Public Company 2026/Q3 +4,437,329 0.2%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,869,135 2.1%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,545,775 1.1%
Invesco Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,525,298 0.6%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 8,345,856 0.3% 1.0
30 Sep 2026 5,157,897 0.2% 1.0
15 Sep 2026 6,367,098 0.2% 1.0
31 Aug 2026 6,559,174 0.3% 1.0
14 Aug 2026 6,398,841 0.2% 1.0
31 Jul 2026 9,331,344 0.4% 1.3

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