BP PLC
Energy
Global
Investment summary

BP is a global energy company with operations in 65 countries in 2022. The upstream production is 2.2mn boe/day (excluding Rosneft). The company operates refining and hydrocarbon capacity, 13,100 EV charge points, and 20,500 retail sites. The renewable capacity reached 4.4GW in 2021. BP announced its target to transform the business by adding 20GW of renewable generating capacity by 2025 and 50GW by 2030. The number of EV points will be increased to 100,000 globally by 2030. BP has a 19.75% stake in Rosneft and effectively booked $2.3bn of profit before interest and tax in 2019 and $2.7bn in 2021 from Rosneft. BP announced the decision to exit Russian operations by selling the stake in Rosneft, however, the sale is not completed due to restrictions applied by the Russian government. Rosneft operations reported separately.

Details
Ticker
BP.L
Trading currency
GBp
Last close price, (currency)
522.5
Common shares outstanding
18,157,211,810
Preferred shares
MktCap, (currency) mn
113,962
Target price
Current opinion
Description

BP is a global energy company based in the UK. The company's segments include gas & low carbon energy, oil production & operations, and customers & products. The gas & low carbon energy segment comprises its gas and low carbon businesses. Its gas business includes regions with upstream activities that produce natural gas, integrated gas and power, and gas and power trading. Its low carbon business includes solar, offshore, and onshore wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) and its share in bp Bunge Bioenergia. The oil production & operations segment comprises regions with upstream activities that produce crude oil. The customers & products segment comprises customer-focused business spanning convenience and mobility, which includes convenience and retail fuels, electric vehicle (EV) charging, as well as Castrol, aviation, and midstream.

Industry view (TAM)

The global energy market remains under the influence of several factors: the Ukraine-Russia conflict resulted in the decrease of the energy products supply from Russia to Europe; Chinese lockdowns due to COVID; soaring inflation; and a strong US dollar. World oil demand is forecast at 99.7mb/d in 2022 and 101.8mb/d in 2023, according to IEA August figures. The world supply reached its post-COVED high at 100.5mb/d in July 2022 and will rise by another 1mb/d by year-end, according to IEA. Russian oil exports declines to 7.4mb/d in July 2022, from about 8mb/d at the beginning of the year. Crude oil product deliveries to the US, UK, EU, Japan, and South Korea were cut by 2.2mb/d since the beginning of the war, with two-thirds of volumes rerouted to other markets. OECD total industry stocks stay 292.1mb below the five-year average.

Pros
  1. BP is the global energy player, with global operations in over 65 countries 
  2. BP operates in three segments: gas & low carbon energy including gas production and marketing, renewables, and hydrogen expansion; oil production & operations, refining, and bioenergy; customers & products. In customers&products the company aims to double adj EBITDA by 2030 via acceleration of EV charging, via Castrol, aviation, B2B, and midstream businesses selective growth  
  3. BP's business provides sustainable cash flow to maintain investments in fossil maintenance and renewables development. The payback is less than 10 years for upstream oil and refining, and less than 15 years for upstream gas
  4. BP focuses on shareholder return maintaining a buyback program and stable dividend payout
  5. BP has a large retail business benefiting from both product diversification and integration of operations from exploration and production to retail distribution
Cons
  1. BP may have exposure to potentially declining oil demand and a weakening oil price environment due to climate change politics and projects the fossil output decline to 1.5mboe/d from 2.2mn boe/d by 2030
  2. BP may meet high capex needs due to the transformation of the business in favor of renewables
  3. Divestment of Rosneft will negatively affect BP cash flows with the loss of 15- 20% of pre-tax profit compared to 2021
  4. High volatility of hydrocarbon demand and prices due to the Ukraine-Russia war and pandemic may remain until 2H23
  5. Supply chain disruptions in the EV segment and solar panels
Risks
  1. Weakerining macro globally with lower demand for hydrocarbons, higher inflation, and slow growth projected
  2. Geopolitical risks affect the oil market. The sale of BP's stake in Rosneft depends on the Ukraine-Russia war developments
  3. Cost inflation accelerated which may result in long payback periods for new investments
  4. The transition to a low-carbon economy will imply developments in policy, law, regulation, technology, and markets. As a result, the company may see a reduction in revenue, profitability, and payback periods for its investments
  5. The company has to invest in reserves and resources to maintain its production of hydrocarbons, which will depend on the company's ability to find economically reliable resource base
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Peer Group (top 5)

Company RIC Market Capitalization, $mn Last reporting year P/E Fwd 1Y P/E Fwd 2Y EV/EBITDA 1Y fwd EV/EBITDA 2Y fwd EV/Revenues 1y fwd EV/Revenues 2y fwd
BP PLC BP.L 117,445 2022-12-31 5.8 6.0 3.3 3.5 0.6 0.7
TotalEnergies SE TTEF.PA 152,918 2022-12-31 5.4 5.8 3.1 3.5 0.7 0.7
Equinor ASA EQNR.OL 94,272 2022-12-31 5.8 6.1 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.7
Eni SpA ENI.MI 50,747 2022-12-31 4.5 4.9 2.7 2.8 0.6 0.6
Shell PLC SHEL.L 209,988 2022-12-31 6.3 6.5 3.5 3.8 0.7 0.8
Repsol SA REP.MC 21,794 2022-12-31 4.3 5.3 2.2 2.6 0.4 0.4
Financials
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 240,208 298,756 159,307 105,944 157,739 241,392 245,687 225,590 210,122
Growth 24% -47% -33% 49% 53% 2% -8% -7%
EBITDA 25,375 33,046 33,737 8,666 26,604 55,858 47,257 43,488 40,526
EBITDA margin 10.6% 11.1% 21.2% 8.2% 16.9% 23.1% 19.2% 19.3% 19.3%
Net income 3,389 9,383 4,026 -20,305 7,565 -2,487 18,999 16,555 14,591
Net margin 1.4% 3.1% 2.5% -19.2% 4.8% -1.0% 7.7% 7.3% 6.9%
Net debt 39,007 44,459 56,481 52,399 43,566 25,720 25,720 25,720 25,720
MktCap 125,680 70,510 90,599 90,599 78,714 73,742 73,747

Historical Multiples

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
EV/Revenue 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
EV/EBITDA 5.4 14.2 5.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5
P/E 31.2 -3.5 12.0 -36.4 4.1 4.5 5.1
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