What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for BP FY2025 Earnings?

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of BP in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 25th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings of $2.85 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.66. 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 $0.57 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.68 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.96 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.30 EPS.

BP (NYSE:BP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $48.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.76 billion. BP had a return on equity of 9.08% and a net margin of 0.29%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.83 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of BP in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of BP in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. DZ Bank upgraded BP from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Raymond James Financial decreased their target price on BP from $40.00 to $38.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Santander raised BP to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $43.14.

BP Stock Performance

Shares of BP opened at $36.06 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. BP has a 52-week low of $25.22 and a 52-week high of $37.64. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $35.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.10. The company has a market capitalization of $94.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 171.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.50.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new stake in shares of BP during the third quarter worth $25,000. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in shares of BP by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 146,824 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,060,000 after acquiring an additional 8,016 shares during the period. Greenline Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of BP by 25.1% in the third quarter. Greenline Partners LLC now owns 9,089 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $313,000 after acquiring an additional 1,826 shares in the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of BP during the third quarter worth about $43,000. Finally, Hilltop Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in BP during the third quarter worth about $266,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 11.01% of the company’s stock.

BP Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.4992 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.5%. This is a boost from BP’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. BP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 339.66%.

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.