British multinational oil and gas company investing heavily in renewable energy and low-carbon electricity solutions.
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
BP p.l.c., an integrated energy company, engages in the oil and gas business worldwide. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments. It engages in the production of natural gas, marketing, and trading activities, as well as solar, wind, and hydrogen businesses. The company also offers aviation fuel products and services, such as jet fuel; aviation gasoline; UL91 aviation fuel; and sustainable aviation fuel. In addition, it engages in the convenience and retail fuel; EV charging; Castrol lubricants and fluids; B2B; midstream; crude oil production; refining and oil trading; and bioenergy businesses. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Company profile record
BP PLC
Common Stock · Energy · Integrated Oil & Gas
Company
- Company / asset
- BP PLC
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Integrated Oil & Gas
- HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Head office
- 1 St James's Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4PD
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Ms. Marguerite Eileen O'Neill B.Sc., M.Sc.
- CEO year born
- 1970
- Full-time employees
- 93.7K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- GBP 87.9B
- P/E
- 21.5x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- USD 68.7B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- USD 3.9B
- Dividend Yield
- 7.8%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- USD 189.3B
- Shares in public float
- 15.1B
- Insider ownership
- 0.29%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- BP.LSE
- Listing
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Dividend Tax: 0%
- Ticker Currency
- GBX
- Income Statement Currency
- USD
- Balance Sheet Currency
- USD
- Cash Flow Currency
- USD
- EPS Currency
- USD
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- GB0007980591
- Asset ID
- equity_48d8175f-6b57-55d9-8d1a-c429f551883a
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 15.7B | Max: 20.4B | Min: 15.4B
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
96.19%
15.1B latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
0.29%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
--
Latest reported short interest / float
Source tablesView ownership tables
Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 19,929,655,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 20,133,087,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 20,351,808,000 |
| 2020-01-01 | 20,329,326,000 |
| 2021-01-01 | 19,947,023,000 |
| 2022-01-01 | 18,509,421,000 |
| 2023-01-01 | 17,269,574,000 |
| 2024-01-01 | 15,885,184,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 15,409,755,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 15,665,414,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
The company's latest financial results reveal a powerful operational rebound that looks dramatic on paper. Headline net income had plunged to just fifty-five million dollars in fiscal 2025 due to massive non-cash accounting impairments on low-carbon projects. However, performance turned sharply in the first half of 2026, delivering nearly nine billion dollars in underlying replacement cost profit. This earnings turnaround is genuine in terms of cash generation, but retail investors must recognize its underlying nature. Surging profits were largely driven by elevated crude prices and strong energy trading spreads, while actual oil and gas production volumes declined slightly. Strong cash flow provides immediate balance-sheet relief, but headline profits reflect favorable market conditions rather than internal operational expansion.
The company's latest financial results reveal a powerful operational rebound that looks dramatic on paper. Headline net income had plunged to just fifty-five million dollars in fiscal 2025 due to massive non-cash accounting impairments on low-carbon projects. However, performance turned sharply in the first half of 2026, delivering nearly nine billion dollars in underlying replacement cost profit. This earnings turnaround is genuine in terms of cash generation, but retail investors must recognize its underlying nature. Surging profits were largely driven by elevated crude prices and strong energy trading spreads, while actual oil and gas production volumes declined slightly. Strong cash flow provides immediate balance-sheet relief, but headline profits reflect favorable market conditions rather than internal operational expansion.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: USD 189.3B | Max: USD 283.8B | Min: USD -21.5B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: >100x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Operating profit margins have rebounded strongly, recovering from approximately eight percent in 2025 back toward double digits across 2026. This margin expansion was powered by higher selling prices for crude oil, exceptional liquefied natural gas marketing profits, and several billion dollars in structural overhead cost cuts. Investors must distinguish between permanent cost efficiencies and temporary market spikes. Structural cost reductions and focusing on low-cost deepwater barrels permanently lower the price of oil the company needs to break even. However, peak refining profits and wartime trading margins are cyclical and will moderate over time, meaning future margin health depends on sustaining cost discipline rather than expecting perpetual high energy prices.
Operating profit margins have rebounded strongly, recovering from approximately eight percent in 2025 back toward double digits across 2026. This margin expansion was powered by higher selling prices for crude oil, exceptional liquefied natural gas marketing profits, and several billion dollars in structural overhead cost cuts. Investors must distinguish between permanent cost efficiencies and temporary market spikes. Structural cost reductions and focusing on low-cost deepwater barrels permanently lower the price of oil the company needs to break even. However, peak refining profits and wartime trading margins are cyclical and will moderate over time, meaning future margin health depends on sustaining cost discipline rather than expecting perpetual high energy prices.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 17.7% | Max: 22.4% | Min: -19.2%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
17.7%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
8.2%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
0.0%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
6.0%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 166,462,629,550 | 104,603,089 | -6,010,000,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 250,752,851,000 | 3,537,773,000 | 2,369,000,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 283,814,120,000 | 8,913,722,000 | 6,166,000,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 279,713,238,000 | 4,045,035,000 | 10,352,000,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 112,379,176,000 | -21,538,352,000 | -144,000,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 154,713,092,000 | 7,419,881,000 | 12,725,000,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 240,860,886,000 | -2,481,528,000 | 28,863,000,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 213,671,394,000 | 15,495,828,000 | 17,754,000,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 185,234,582,000 | 382,835,000 | 12,000,000,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 189,335,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 11,272,000,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 354.15 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2023-12-31 | 6.72 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2021-12-31 | 11.99 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 6.8 | 1.47 | 0.06 | -3.61 |
| 2017-12-31 | 8.72 | 4.54 | 1.41 | 0.94 |
| 2018-12-31 | 9.7 | 6.19 | 3.14 | 2.17 |
| 2019-12-31 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 1.45 | 3.7 |
| 2020-12-31 | -0.48 | -7.86 | -19.17 | -0.13 |
| 2021-12-31 | 13.99 | 6.78 | 4.8 | 8.22 |
| 2022-12-31 | 22.44 | 17.06 | -1.03 | 11.98 |
| 2023-12-31 | 22.18 | 14.25 | 7.25 | 8.31 |
| 2024-12-31 | 15.17 | 7.88 | 0.21 | 6.48 |
| 2025-12-31 | 17.71 | 8.17 | 0.03 | 5.95 |
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