Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of BP Q3 Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of BP in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings of $1.07 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.08. The consensus estimate for BP’s current full-year earnings is $3.55 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BP’s FY2025 earnings at $3.90 EPS.

BP (NYSE:BP) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. The business 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.15 earnings per share.

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

BP Stock Performance

Shares of BP stock opened at $29.98 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.22. 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. BP has a one year low of $27.82 and a one year high of $40.40. The company’s 50-day moving average is $30.09 and its 200 day moving average is $32.80.

BP Dividend Announcement

The firm 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 dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend 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 Trading of BP

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in shares of BP in the third quarter worth $5,089,000. Rothschild Investment LLC bought a new stake in BP during the second quarter valued at about $2,620,000. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of BP by 860.7% in the third 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 acquiring an additional 59,546 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC bought a new position in shares of BP in the third quarter worth about $857,000. Finally, Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. grew its position in shares of BP by 147.9% during the second quarter. Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. now owns 43,063 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,555,000 after purchasing an additional 25,690 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 11.01% of the company’s stock.

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.