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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

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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

Updated 2026-09-05

Market Cap: GBP 87.5B
P/E: 21.4x
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

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Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company's financial reports present a striking contrast between reported accounting losses and actual cash generation. While official net income collapsed in 2025 due to massive write-downs on older green energy investments, the underlying cash engine remains incredibly strong, producing over $11 billion in free cash flow. Analysts agree that the core business is highly profitable, but they disagree on the future outlook. Optimistic views expect earnings to stabilize and grow as the company focuses purely on high-margin oil and gas. Cautious views warn that reported earnings will remain highly volatile and hard to predict until the legacy green portfolio is completely sold off. Ultimately, retail investors should look past the noisy headline net income figures and focus on the company's robust ability to convert physical energy sales into cold, hard cash.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

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Valuation

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Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company's profit margins are currently highly unpredictable, heavily influenced by global events and accounting write-downs. While basic operating margins are healthy, net were dragged down to nearly zero by massive write-downs on failed green projects. Analysts agree that the company's world-class energy trading desk provides a huge boost to profitability, making massive profits during times of global supply disruptions. However, they clash on the future margin outlook. Optimists believe margins will expand structurally as the company cuts billions in costs and focuses on highly profitable oil extraction. Skeptics argue that margins face natural downward pressure as electric vehicles reduce fuel demand and extraction costs rise. For retail investors, the key signal of a successful turnaround will be when stabilize without the help of temporary geopolitical price spikes.

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Source: eodhd. Statement snapshots with chart transformations and ratios calculated by iPulse AI. Snapshot retrieved 2026-09-08.

Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	166,462,629,550	-6,010,000,000	104,603,089	6.8	1.47	0.06	-3.61
2017-12-31	250,752,851,000	2,369,000,000	3,537,773,000	8.72	4.54	1.41	0.94
2018-12-31	283,814,120,000	6,166,000,000	8,913,722,000	9.7	6.19	3.14	2.17
2019-12-31	279,713,238,000	10,352,000,000	4,045,035,000	9.4	5.5	1.45	3.7
2020-12-31	112,379,176,000	-144,000,000	-21,538,352,000	-0.48	-7.86	-19.17	-0.13
2021-12-31	154,713,092,000	12,725,000,000	7,419,881,000	13.99	6.78	4.8	8.22
2022-12-31	240,860,886,000	28,863,000,000	-2,481,528,000	22.44	17.06	-1.03	11.98
2023-12-31	213,671,394,000	17,754,000,000	15,495,828,000	22.18	14.25	7.25	8.31
2024-12-31	185,234,582,000	12,000,000,000	382,835,000	15.17	7.88	0.21	6.48
2025-12-31	189,335,000,000	11,272,000,000	55,000,000	17.71	8.17	0.03	5.95

Published valuation snapshots
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

Shares outstanding — chart values
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

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