Zacks Research Issues Positive Estimate for BP Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BP in a research report issued on Monday, November 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas exploration company will earn $1.02 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.99. The consensus estimate for BP’s current full-year earnings is $3.68 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BP’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.08 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.00 EPS.

BP has been the topic of several other research reports. BNP Paribas lowered BP from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Barclays upgraded BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Scotiabank downgraded BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $42.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Argus upgraded BP to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.73.

BP Price Performance

BP stock opened at $29.08 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 0.65. The business’s 50-day moving average is $31.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $33.78. BP has a 1 year low of $27.82 and a 1 year high of $40.40.

BP (NYSE:BP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.05. BP had a return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 1.36%. The business had revenue of $47.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $52.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.15 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

BP Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be issued a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.60%. BP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 200.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BP

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BP. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new stake in BP during the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in BP during the second quarter valued at about $33,000. Quent Capital LLC purchased a new stake in BP during the second quarter valued at about $38,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky grew its position in BP by 85.7% during the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 1,300 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares during the period. Finally, Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO grew its position in BP by 29.1% during the second quarter. Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO now owns 2,034 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $73,000 after acquiring an additional 459 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 11.01% of the company’s stock.

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.