Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Outlook for BP Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for BP in a report released on Monday, November 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings per share of $1.02 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.99. The consensus estimate for BP’s current full-year earnings is $3.67 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 (NYSE:BP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $47.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $52.05 billion. BP had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 12.91%. The firm’s revenue was down 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.15 earnings per share.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on BP. UBS Group raised shares of BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of BP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Scotiabank cut shares of BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $42.00 to $36.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of BP to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, Redburn Atlantic cut shares of BP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.73.

BP Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of NYSE BP opened at $29.50 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $30.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.75. BP has a 52-week low of $27.82 and a 52-week high of $40.40. The firm has a market cap of $7.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BP

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in BP in the 1st quarter valued at about $31,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in BP in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Quent Capital LLC purchased a new position in BP in the 2nd quarter valued at about $38,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky lifted its holdings in BP by 85.7% in the 2nd quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 1,300 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO lifted its holdings in BP by 29.1% in the 2nd 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 purchasing an additional 459 shares in the last quarter. 11.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

BP Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.51%. BP’s payout ratio is currently 200.00%.

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.