Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for BP Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BP in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings of $0.98 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.07. The consensus estimate for BP’s current full-year earnings is $3.55 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BP’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.02 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of BP from $33.00 to $31.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 9th. BNP Paribas downgraded BP from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Redburn Atlantic lowered shares of BP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of BP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Scotiabank downgraded shares of BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $42.00 to $36.00 in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $42.48.

BP Stock Performance

Shares of BP opened at $29.98 on Friday. BP has a 52-week low of $27.82 and a 52-week high of $40.40. The company has a market capitalization of $80.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $30.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $32.91. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

BP (NYSE:BP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. BP had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 12.91%. 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 previous year, the company earned $1.15 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 11.3% on a year-over-year basis.

BP Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.40%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. BP’s dividend payout ratio is presently 200.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BP

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. 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 worth $47,000 after buying an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new position in shares of BP in the second quarter worth about $75,000. ORG Partners LLC boosted its holdings in BP by 32.5% in the third quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 2,533 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $80,000 after purchasing an additional 621 shares during the last quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC acquired a new stake in BP during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $91,000. Finally, Anchor Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in BP by 58.7% during the 3rd quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 3,120 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $98,000 after purchasing an additional 1,154 shares during the last quarter. 11.01% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.