Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of BP Q4 Earnings

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BP in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas exploration company will earn $0.98 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate 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 posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. BP had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 12.91%. The company had revenue of $47.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $52.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.15 earnings per share. BP’s revenue for the quarter was down 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

BP has been the subject of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded BP to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 11th. Redburn Atlantic lowered shares of BP from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased 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 report on Monday. Scotiabank downgraded BP from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $42.00 to $36.00 in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, BNP Paribas cut BP from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Eleven 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat, BP presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.48.

BP Stock Performance

NYSE BP opened at $30.16 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $81.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.75, 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. BP has a 52-week low of $27.82 and a 52-week high of $40.40. The company has a fifty day moving average of $30.15 and a 200-day moving average of $32.91.

BP Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. BP’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 200.00%.

Institutional Trading of BP

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BP. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in shares of BP during the third quarter valued at $5,089,000. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BP during the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,620,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 59,546 shares during the period. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC bought a new stake in BP during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $857,000. Finally, Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. lifted its holdings in 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 valued at $1,555,000 after purchasing an additional 25,690 shares in the last quarter. 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.