Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of BP Q4 Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BP in a research report issued to clients and 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 earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.05. BP had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 12.91%. The firm had revenue of $47.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $52.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.15 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

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

BP Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BP opened at $29.98 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $30.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $32.83. BP has a fifty-two week low of $27.82 and a fifty-two week high of $40.40. The company has a market capitalization of $80.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.56, a P/E/G ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.22.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BP

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC grew its position in BP by 2.6% during the third quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 646,102 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $20,281,000 after buying an additional 16,534 shares during the period. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS increased its stake in shares of BP by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS now owns 454,980 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $14,282,000 after purchasing an additional 23,325 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its holdings in BP by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 440,973 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $13,842,000 after purchasing an additional 5,150 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in BP by 3.4% during the second quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 429,773 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $15,515,000 after purchasing an additional 13,984 shares during the period. Finally, Gabelli Funds LLC increased its position in BP by 2.2% in the second quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 360,050 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $12,998,000 after buying an additional 7,850 shares in the last quarter. 11.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

BP Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.40%. BP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.