Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for BP Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of BP in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas exploration company will earn $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.

BP (NYSE:BP) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 business had revenue of $47.25 billion during 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%. BP’s quarterly revenue was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.15 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of BP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Scotiabank downgraded BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $42.00 to $36.00 in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Redburn Atlantic cut BP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on BP from $33.00 to $31.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $42.48.

BP Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of BP stock opened at $30.16 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $81.04 billion, a PE ratio of 31.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.64. 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 stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $32.91. BP has a 1 year low of $27.82 and a 1 year high of $40.40.

BP Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be issued a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. BP’s payout ratio is 200.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BP

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BP. Altrius Capital Management Inc boosted its position in BP by 9.9% in the 3rd quarter. Altrius Capital Management Inc now owns 233,776 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $7,338,000 after purchasing an additional 20,976 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC acquired a new stake in BP in the third quarter valued at approximately $857,000. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BP in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,620,000. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS raised its stake in shares of BP by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS now owns 431,655 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $15,583,000 after buying an additional 19,140 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its stake in BP by 25.3% in the 2nd quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 51,513 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,860,000 after acquiring an additional 10,385 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.