Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for BP Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BP in a research note issued to investors 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 previous forecast 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $47.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $52.05 billion. BP had a return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 1.36%. The firm’s revenue was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.15 EPS.

BP has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of BP from $35.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Redburn Atlantic downgraded shares of BP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 11th. Scotiabank cut shares of BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $42.00 to $36.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised BP to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $42.73.

BP Stock Performance

Shares of BP stock opened at $29.72 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.28, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.94. BP has a one year low of $27.82 and a one year high of $40.40.

BP Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors 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 yield of 6.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. BP’s payout ratio is 200.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BP

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in shares of BP during the third quarter valued at approximately $5,089,000. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its holdings in shares of BP by 26.7% during the second quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 629,568 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $22,727,000 after acquiring an additional 132,750 shares in the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new position in shares of BP in the 2nd quarter worth about $2,620,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in BP by 860.7% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 66,464 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $2,086,000 after purchasing an additional 59,546 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Investment Consultants LLC bought a new stake in BP during the 3rd quarter valued at about $857,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 11.01% of the company’s stock.

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.