profit from every £100 of sales.
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BP p.l.c.
£5.75+1.39% today
+24.8% in 1 year
1-year low £4.161-year high £6.39
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
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It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
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of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What BP p.l.c. sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $241 billion in 2022 to $189 billion in 2025, with $55.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
BP p.l.c. handed back 85% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $4.5B$5.1B
Free cash flow 2025$11.3B
Bought back its own shares$4.5B
Paid as dividends$5.1B
Cash vs. debt$36.6B vs. $72.5B
BP p.l.c. vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP p.l.c. | No profit yet | ||
 Saudi Arabian Oil | 18.3× · Fair price | ||
 Exxon Mobil | 24.1× · Fair price | ||
 Chevron | 34.9× · Expensive | ||
 PetroChina | 14.4× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads BP p.l.c.'s last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241,392 | 210,130 | 189,185 | 189,335 | |
| 55,096 | 48,072 | 30,239 | 33,529 | |
| 41,447 | 31,049 | 13,615 | 15,808 | |
| 32,346 | 43,503 | 27,983 | 30,696 | |
| -2,487 | 15,239 | 381 | 55 | |
| -0.13 | 0.86 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| 22.8% | 22.9% | 16.0% | 17.7% | |
| 17.2% | 14.8% | 7.2% | 8.3% | |
| -1.0% | 7.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 288,120 | 280,294 | 282,228 | 278,526 |
| Cash | 23,329 | 27,748 | 34,360 | 36,556 |
| Total debt | 55,493 | 63,075 | 71,547 | 72,529 |
| Total liabilities | 205,130 | 194,801 | 203,910 | 204,526 |
| 67,553 | 70,283 | 59,246 | 53,052 | |
| 18,988 | 17,750 | 16,817 | 15,913 | |
| 11.0% | 15.5% | 6.5% | 7.7% | |
| -3.7% | 21.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40,932 | 32,039 | 27,297 | 24,493 | |
| 12,069 | 14,285 | 15,297 | 13,221 | |
| 28,863 | 17,754 | 12,000 | 11,272 | |
| Dividends paid | 4,358 | 4,809 | 5,003 | 5,059 |
| 9,996 | 7,918 | 7,127 | 4,486 | |
| 795 | 616 | 1,174 | 1,077 |
Valuation
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Profitability
- 17.7%
- 8.3%
- 0.0%
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- 7.7%
- 10.2%
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Growth
- −7.8%
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- −5.7%
Financial health
- 1.2×
- 1.37
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- 2.5×
- 1.26
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How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 49%of 467
Bottom 36%of 466
Bottom 26%of 461
News
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Insider trades
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
30No pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
22No pass
Questions about BP p.l.c.
Is BP p.l.c. a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the BP p.l.c. AI analysis
What does BP p.l.c. do?
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 is in Oil & Gas Integrated, based in London, United Kingdom, with 93,700 employees.
Does BP p.l.c. pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out £5.06 billion in dividends.
Is BP p.l.c. stock halal?
No. BP p.l.c. does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 63% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has BP p.l.c. stock done over the past year?
Up 24.8% over the past twelve months, to £5.75. It traded between £4.16 and £6.39 and is 10.0% below its high.
Who are BP p.l.c.'s competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Saudi Arabian Oil, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and PetroChina. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with BP p.l.c.'s.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.