BP Valuation

Is BPL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BPL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BPL (£4.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£5.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BPL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BPL?

Key metric: As BPL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BPL. This is calculated by dividing BPL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BPL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29.9x
EarningsUS$2.72b
Market CapUS$81.24b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BPL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BPL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7x
SHEL Shell
12.6x5.3%UK£159.9b
PETR4 Petróleo Brasileiro - Petrobras
5.6x14.6%R$507.4b
GAZP Gazprom
2.2xn/a₽4.7t
EQNR Equinor
7.4x-8.4%NOK 789.0b
29.9x24.1%UK£65.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x) compared to the peer average (8.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BPL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Oil and Gas Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ROSN Rosneft Oil
1.5xn/aUS$21.03b
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies4PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x) compared to the UK Oil and Gas industry average (8.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BPL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BPL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.9x
Fair PE Ratio25.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BPL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BPL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£4.20
UK£4.98
+18.4%
13.2%UK£6.58UK£4.04n/a18
Jan ’26UK£3.92
UK£4.94
+26.0%
12.7%UK£6.59UK£4.07n/a18
Dec ’25UK£3.85
UK£4.98
+29.6%
12.2%UK£6.63UK£4.17n/a18
Nov ’25UK£3.79
UK£4.98
+31.4%
11.9%UK£6.54UK£4.18n/a18
Oct ’25UK£4.01
UK£5.22
+30.1%
11.1%UK£6.79UK£4.48n/a18
Sep ’25UK£4.29
UK£5.52
+28.7%
11.3%UK£7.33UK£4.75n/a17
Aug ’25UK£4.53
UK£5.80
+27.9%
10.0%UK£7.49UK£4.99n/a17
Jul ’25UK£4.79
UK£6.11
+27.5%
17.4%UK£9.92UK£4.94n/a17
Jun ’25UK£4.88
UK£6.01
+23.3%
17.5%UK£9.83UK£4.89n/a17
May ’25UK£5.11
UK£6.13
+20.1%
17.9%UK£10.14UK£4.94n/a17
Apr ’25UK£4.96
UK£6.10
+23.0%
17.3%UK£10.03UK£5.03n/a17
Mar ’25UK£4.72
UK£6.00
+27.3%
17.8%UK£9.93UK£4.98n/a17
Feb ’25UK£4.65
UK£6.07
+30.5%
17.9%UK£9.96UK£5.00n/a18
Jan ’25UK£4.66
UK£6.07
+30.5%
18.5%UK£9.51UK£4.93UK£3.9218
Dec ’24UK£4.80
UK£6.06
+26.3%
18.7%UK£9.54UK£5.03UK£3.8518
Nov ’24UK£4.95
UK£6.19
+25.1%
19.1%UK£9.98UK£4.92UK£3.7918
Oct ’24UK£5.33
UK£6.19
+16.1%
18.7%UK£10.44UK£5.02UK£4.0118
Sep ’24UK£5.02
UK£6.03
+20.1%
18.7%UK£10.12UK£4.94UK£4.2918
Aug ’24UK£4.82
UK£5.95
+23.5%
17.9%UK£9.97UK£4.94UK£4.5319
Jul ’24UK£4.60
UK£6.07
+31.9%
16.6%UK£9.81UK£5.21UK£4.7919
Jun ’24UK£4.63
UK£6.12
+32.1%
16.1%UK£9.94UK£5.28UK£4.8821
May ’24UK£5.35
UK£6.17
+15.5%
16.0%UK£9.98UK£5.38UK£5.1121
Apr ’24UK£5.11
UK£6.11
+19.6%
16.2%UK£9.78UK£5.24UK£4.9621
Mar ’24UK£5.52
UK£6.19
+12.1%
16.8%UK£10.03UK£5.19UK£4.7221
Feb ’24UK£4.92
UK£5.59
+13.7%
10.5%UK£6.81UK£4.90UK£4.6522
Jan ’24UK£4.77
UK£5.60
+17.5%
9.9%UK£6.83UK£4.88UK£4.6622

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/08 01:15
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

BP p.l.c. is covered by 80 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Alexandre AndlauerAlphaValue
William SeleskyArgus Research Company
John EadeArgus Research Company