BP.L (BP.L)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Avoid

Avoid BP.L due to extreme-low valuation red flags and unreliable floor data.

  • PE ratio of £3,958.48 is impossibly high (PE_DISTORTED method), signaling severe earnings distortion or a data anomaly.
  • PB ratio at the 81st percentile (72.99) contradicts the extreme-low label, introducing conflicting valuation signals.
  • No valid hard floor exists (0 valid_floors_count), and the confidence in available floor data is 'low', making fair-value estimation unreliable.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

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VALUATION

Large data-source divergence — please verify
🔥 Extreme-low valuation flag — historical bands suggest this ticker is unusually cheap relative to its own 5-year range.
Trailing P/E
⚠️ 3958.5
P/B
73.0
5-yr percentile: 81%
P/S 0.4x Low (mature/low growth)
PE > 100x: current earnings are not the pricing basis; the market is pricing future growth optionality. P/S uses revenue as the basis — unaffected by losses or low earnings. Tech growth reference: <5x fair, 5-10x expensive, >10x very expensive, >20x requires extremely high growth.
p10
8079.6
p25
8246.1
p50
8536.4
p75
8677.7
p90
8817.7

Floor Engine

Using Cyclical P/E GBP 5.22 Confidence low
PB medium
GBP 3.04
P/B reverts to historical 10th-percentile (asset-driven businesses)
CYCLICAL PE medium
GBP 43.89
PE reverts to historical 30th-percentile (cyclicals; 30th not 5th to avoid trough-bias)
Energy/materials cyclical — uses 30th-pct PE to avoid trough-bias

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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 37.0% HV (30D) 37.3% IV RANK (1Y) 83 HIGH
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

BP.L
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
+0.13%
Avg Day%
-1.16%
Up Hit Rate
62%
24-07
24-10
25-02
25-04
25-08
25-11
26-02
26-04
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-04-28 BMO 0.25 +47.0% +1.50% +1.12% -3.69%
2026-02-10 BMO 0.10 -1.2% -2.02% -6.13% -3.60%
2025-11-04 BMO 0.14 +7.5% +0.51% +1.29% +6.43%
2025-08-05 BMO 0.15 +26.2% +1.31% +2.81% +4.43%
2025-04-29 BMO 0.04 -55.5% -3.31% -2.43% -3.08%
2025-02-11 BMO 0.07 -7.5% +0.76% -0.62% -0.59%
2024-10-29 BMO 0.14 +8.2% -1.03% -4.97% -3.51%
2024-07-30 BMO 0.17 +5.7% +3.30% -0.30% -4.92%

Is BP.L (BP.L) overvalued right now?

Whether BP.L (BP.L) is overvalued depends on the lens you use: trailing P/E vs its own history, CAPE vs the broader market, earnings yield vs Treasury yields. We surface all three so you don't have to pick one in isolation.

BP.L (BP.L) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on BP.L (BP.L) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

BP.L (BP.L) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on BP.L (BP.L), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

BP.L (BP.L) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on BP.L (BP.L) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does BP.L show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show BP.L's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's BP.L page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.