BP p.l.c.
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
6.445.855.606.21
Price/Sales ratio
0.570.570.550.60
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$5.25$5.78$6.04$5.45

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
31.08-14.721.01K41.0413.4531.69-3.3311.80-81.466.7229.0513.45
Price/Sales ratio
0.330.420.630.570.420.450.650.560.450.480.390.45
Price/Book Value ratio
1.050.981.221.411.261.290.971.181.631.451.211.29
Price/Cash Flow ratio
3.584.9810.927.345.514.955.683.782.703.192.694.95
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
11.51196.83-19.4358.7120.4612.32-480.267.023.825.765.6112.32
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.370.05-9.980.010.07-0.540.00-0.080.68-0.002.320.07
Dividend Yield
4.97%6.97%3.94%4.42%5.30%5.44%9.16%4.81%3.94%4.69%6.29%5.30%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
7.40%2.15%3.56%7.86%9.66%9.90%9.61%14.49%22.82%22.17%18.03%9.66%
Operating Profit Margin
3.63%-3.26%-2.41%3.29%5.46%7.01%-0.32%9.56%18.54%14.25%11.96%5.46%
Pretax Profit Margin
1.40%-4.29%-1.25%2.98%5.59%2.92%-23.49%9.65%6.38%11.30%4.28%2.92%
Net Profit Margin
1.06%-2.90%0.06%1.41%3.14%1.44%-19.56%4.79%-0.56%7.25%1.38%1.44%
Effective Tax Rate
19.13%33.13%107.49%51.69%42.72%48.61%16.71%44.26%108.80%33.13%60.81%42.72%
Return on Assets
1.32%-2.47%0.04%1.22%3.32%1.36%-7.74%2.63%-0.47%5.43%1.00%1.36%
Return On Equity
3.39%-6.66%0.12%3.44%9.43%4.09%-29.09%10.02%-2.00%21.68%3.98%4.09%
Return on Capital Employed
5.82%-3.50%-2.15%3.73%7.63%8.81%-0.16%7.28%23.67%15.42%12.14%7.63%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.371.281.161.151.041.111.22N/AN/AN/A1.211.04
Quick Ratio
1.081.030.850.860.780.830.930.850.800.940.930.78
Cash ratio
0.460.480.400.390.320.300.480.380.290.380.440.32
Days of Sales Outstanding
32.9722.4028.8129.5931.5426.3445.7052.5543.6745.19N/A26.34
Days of Inventory outstanding
20.4823.6636.5131.3524.3230.3864.3164.1655.0150.9348.9324.32
Operating Cycle
53.4546.0765.3360.9555.8756.73110.01116.7198.6996.1248.9356.73
Days of Payables Outstanding
28.4331.7448.0647.2838.3447.1588.26105.2197.7094.65123.8338.34
Cash Conversion Cycle
25.0114.3217.2613.6617.539.5721.7411.500.981.47-74.899.57
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.180.200.210.220.230.220.270.210.160.180.210.22
Debt Equity Ratio
0.460.530.600.630.650.681.010.810.690.730.880.65
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.280.310.340.350.350.360.470.420.390.400.440.35
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.310.350.370.380.390.400.500.440.410.420.460.39
Interest Coverage Ratio
11.20-8.68-4.525.578.215.54-0.18N/AN/AN/A5.235.54
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.620.360.180.300.350.380.160.380.870.610.500.35
Company Equity Multiplier
2.552.692.762.802.832.993.753.804.263.984.162.83
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.090.080.050.070.070.090.110.140.160.150.140.07
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.310.02-0.560.120.260.40-0.010.530.700.550.460.26
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.620.360.180.300.350.380.160.380.870.610.500.35
Short Term Coverage Ratio
4.792.771.622.452.452.451.294.2412.799.756.522.45
Dividend Payout Ratio
154.76%-102.73%4009.56%181.55%71.39%172.52%-30.58%56.89%-321.14%31.55%182.36%71.39%