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Company snapshot — BP PLC ADR

BP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
BP is an integrated energy company that produces and trades oil and gas alongside businesses in solar, wind and hydrogen. It groups its work into Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products, the last of which covers fuel retail, EV charging, aviation fuel and Castrol lubricants. It also refines crude and trades oil in bulk. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London.
Where it sits in the stack
BP sits in the Energy sector of our universe rather than in an AI-linked layer of our index; it is not a Rubin or Halo constituent, so the diary treats it as a broad energy holding rather than a build-out constraint or customer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed energy names on sector and country grounds: Frontline, Permian Resources, Cenovus Energy, Ecopetrol, YPF, Petrobras, Venture Global and Chord Energy. The market also compares it with ExxonMobil.
Why Closelook tracks it
BP carries a Closelook score across the diary's usual modules, with valuation the strongest reading and quality the weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has drawn no quotes in the diary so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module firms up as the low-carbon and retail segments grow relative to the oil production business.

BP PLC ADR (BP) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 61, quality 35, valuation 82) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: initiation by Raymond James, 2026-08-27

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for BP from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation Raymond James — at Market Perform Initiated to Market Perform from Outperform 2026-08-27

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Integrated · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Integrated · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against BP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.53%, quarterly · buybacks 4.49 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What BP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.02 USD per share · a 4.53% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +38.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.45 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.52 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.95 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.52 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 5.06 bn USD 41% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 4.49 bn USD 3.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −5.4% in FY2025 1.08 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 9.55 bn USD · 85% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −1.3% week · +1.1% month · +20.5% quarter · +16.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is BP PLC ADR (BP)?

BP PLC ADR trades as BP on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BP in a Closelook index?

Not currently — BP PLC ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is BP PLC ADR's Closelook composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 61, quality 35 and valuation 82 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BP trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.4% vs the 50-day and +10.3% vs the 200-day average, 5.4% below the 52-week high and +43.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does BP PLC ADR do?

BP is an integrated energy company that produces and trades oil and gas alongside businesses in solar, wind and hydrogen. It groups its work into Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products, the last of which covers fuel retail, EV charging, aviation fuel and Castrol lubricants. It also refines crude and trades oil in bulk. Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed energy names on sector and country grounds: Frontline, Permian Resources, Cenovus Energy, Ecopetrol, YPF, Petrobras, Venture Global and Chord Energy. The market also compares it with ExxonMobil.

Where does BP PLC ADR sit in the AI build-out?

BP sits in the Energy sector of our universe rather than in an AI-linked layer of our index; it is not a Rubin or Halo constituent, so the diary treats it as a broad energy holding rather than a build-out constraint or customer. BP carries a Closelook score across the diary's usual modules, with valuation the strongest reading and quality the weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has drawn no quotes in the diary so far.

Does BP PLC ADR pay a dividend?

BP PLC ADR has paid 2.02 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.53% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.52 USD on 2026-08-14. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 5.06 bn USD in dividends and bought back 4.49 bn USD of its own shares, 85% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 5.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on BP PLC ADR recently?

The most recent analyst action on BP PLC ADR on the Closelook wire is a initiation by Raymond James on 2026-08-27 (at Market Perform). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Integrated, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.