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BP p.l.c.

BP
50
Oil & Gas Integrated · Energy
Price
$41.90
+0.82 (+2.00%)
Market Cap
$109.88B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
50
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

21.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.38B (2021) → 2.65B (2025)

BP is one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. It finds oil and natural gas underground, refines them into fuels like gasoline and diesel, and sells those fuels to drivers, airlines, factories, and governments. BP also owns the Castrol lubricants brand and operates thousands of gas stations across multiple continents.

BP makes money by selling fuel, natural gas, and petrochemicals, and it earns fees from refining and trading energy. The company operates in over 60 countries, with major production in the US, UK, Gulf of Mexico, Middle East, and Africa, generating roughly $200 billion in annual revenue. BP has been investing in renewable energy like wind and solar to reduce its dependence on oil, but falling crude oil prices remain its biggest risk — when oil prices drop, profits can shrink quickly, and BP still carries significant debt from years of heavy spending and past liabilities including the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+11.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+476.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

83.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$82.3B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

BP p.l.c. is growing revenue at 11% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
24.2%
Thin — 24.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
15.2%
Healthy — 15.2% operating margin
ROCE
6.9%
Weak — 6.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+4.0%
Slow sales growth (4.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
765%
Turns 765% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.9%
Thin free cash flow (5.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.07
Elevated debt (1.07)
Interest Cover
3.93x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
33.5x
Pricey — P/E 33.5

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+24.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (33.5 → 9.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
5.33%
Healthy income — 5.33% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
+4.5%
Dividend growing modestly (4.5% YoY)

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