BP
BP's revenue fell 1.1% to $192.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 6.6%, up from 5.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $11.3 billion, down 6.1%. It paid out $9.5 billion in dividends and buybacks, 85% of free cash flow.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, net income fell 7.9% a year; the filings' structured data doesn't give diluted earnings per share.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 30.7 | 29.2 | 33.0 | 39.2 | 36.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 61.2 | 46.9 | 52.0 | 59.5 | 58.0 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 30.5 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 21.4 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Debt to equity | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 1.0x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 6.3x | 6.7x | 7.1x | 2.4x | 2.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.0x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | — | — | — |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −5.9% | −9.6% | −8.7% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP | FY25 | −1.1% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 0.7x | — | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 186.6 | 244.6 | 303.7 | 163.5 | 109.1 | 164.2 | 248.9 | 213.0 | 194.6 | 192.5 |
| Revenue growth | −17.4% | 31.1% | 24.2% | −46.2% | −33.3% | 50.5% | 51.6% | −14.4% | −8.6% | −1.1% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Operating income | −0.4 | 9.5 | 19.4 | 11.7 | −21.7 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 27.3 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
| Net income | 0.1 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 4.0 | −20.3 | 7.6 | −2.5 | 15.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diluted shares (millions) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 10.7 | 18.9 | 22.9 | 25.8 | 12.2 | 23.6 | 40.9 | 32.0 | 27.3 | 24.5 |
| Capital expenditure | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 13.2 |
| Free cash flow | −6.0 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 10.4 | −0.1 | 12.7 | 28.9 | 17.8 | 12.0 | 11.3 |
| Dividends paid | 4.6 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| Acquisitions | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 23.5 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 33.0 | 39.2 | 36.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 58.3 | 63.2 | 65.1 | 67.7 | 72.7 | 61.2 | 46.9 | 52.0 | 59.5 | 58.0 |
| Total assets | 263.3 | 276.5 | 282.2 | 295.2 | 267.7 | 287.3 | 288.1 | 280.3 | 282.2 | 278.5 |
| Total liabilities | 166.5 | 176.1 | 180.6 | 194.5 | 182.1 | 196.8 | 205.1 | 194.8 | 203.9 | 204.5 |
| Shareholders' equity | 95.3 | 98.5 | 99.4 | 98.4 | 71.2 | 75.5 | 67.6 | 70.3 | 59.2 | 53.1 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −0.2% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 7.2% | −19.9% | 11.0% | 7.2% | 12.8% | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.4% | 3.1% | 2.5% | −18.6% | 4.6% | −1.0% | 7.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | −3.2% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 6.3% | −0.1% | 7.8% | 11.6% | 8.3% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Return on capital | — | 3.5% | 7.9% | 4.2% | −12.6% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 17.8% | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| Return on equity | — | 3.5% | 9.5% | 4.1% | −23.9% | 10.3% | −3.5% | 22.1% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 1.3% | 3.4% | 1.4% | −7.2% | 2.7% | −0.9% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.5x | 1.5x | 1.2x | 1.5x | — | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.7x |