BP (BP) – Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of BP (NYSE: BP) in the last few weeks:

• 12/22/2025 – BP had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/18/2025 – BP had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wolfe Research. They now have a $51.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/15/2025 – BP had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/12/2025 – BP had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC.
• 12/8/2025 – BP was downgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating.
• 12/5/2025 – BP was downgraded by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating.
• 11/10/2025 – BP had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $41.00 to $44.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 11/8/2025 – BP was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 11/5/2025 – BP had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $37.00 to $39.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 11/3/2025 – BP had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 11/3/2025 – BP was upgraded by analysts at Santander to an “outperform” rating.

BP Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th were given a $0.4992 dividend. This is a boost from BP’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.8%. BP’s payout ratio is currently 341.38%.

BP plc is a British multinational integrated energy company headquartered in London. Originating in the early 20th century as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, BP has grown into one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, operating across exploration and production, refining and marketing, trading, and a range of low-carbon businesses.

The company’s core activities include upstream exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, midstream and trading operations, and downstream refining, marketing and supply of fuels, lubricants and petrochemicals.