Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook for BP FY2025 Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BP in a research note issued on Monday, December 8th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and gas exploration company will earn $2.82 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.85. The consensus estimate for BP’s current full-year earnings is $3.53 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BP’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.69 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on BP. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of BP in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Melius Research started coverage on BP in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $66.00 price objective for the company. Piper Sandler upped their target price on BP from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of BP in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Santander raised shares of BP to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, BP has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $43.14.

BP Price Performance

Shares of BP stock opened at $35.86 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $33.50. BP has a twelve month low of $25.22 and a twelve month high of $37.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $93.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a quick ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

BP (NYSE:BP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.13. BP had a return on equity of 9.07% and a net margin of 0.79%.The company had revenue of $48.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.76 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.83 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bollard Group LLC raised its position in BP by 12.7% in the second quarter. Bollard Group LLC now owns 337,724 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $10,108,000 after purchasing an additional 37,974 shares during the last quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS raised its holdings in BP by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS now owns 485,409 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $14,528,000 after buying an additional 7,645 shares during the last quarter. Corient IA LLC acquired a new stake in BP during the 1st quarter worth approximately $338,000. Gabelli Funds LLC increased its position in BP by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 358,800 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $12,124,000 after acquiring an additional 8,700 shares during the period. Finally, Vestor Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of BP by 2,705.2% during the second quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 57,983 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,735,000 after acquiring an additional 55,916 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 11.01% of the company’s stock.

BP Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a $0.4992 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.6%. This is a boost from BP’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. BP’s payout ratio is 341.38%.

About BP

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.