Shell (SHEL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such as low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,617 to 2,639
• 50-Day Range: 2,420 to 2,696.57
• 52-Week Range: 2,269.92 to 2,947.06
• Volume: 4.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.61 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £197.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.06
• Dividend Yield: 4.01%
• Price Target: GBX 3,287.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Shell Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Shell scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Shell has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Shell has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Shell is 13.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Shell is 13.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 56.89.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Shell has a PEG Ratio of 2.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Shell has a P/B Ratio of 0.87. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SHEL.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Shell is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.43%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Shell does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Shell is 52.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SHEL.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.26

News Sentiment

Shell has a news sentiment score of 0.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Shell this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 25 people have searched for SHEL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -19% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Shell to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Shell insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.07% of the stock of Shell is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 37.29% of the stock of Shell is held by institutions.

SHEL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SHEL shares performed this year?

Shell's stock was trading at GBX 2,476 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SHEL stock has increased by 5.8% and is now trading at GBX 2,620.50.

How do I buy shares of Shell?

Shares of SHEL stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Shell own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Shell investors own include Meta Platforms (META), BP (BP), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Tesla (TSLA), Intel (INTC) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Integrated
• Sub-Industry: Petroleum And Natural Gas
• Current Symbol: LON:SHEL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.shell.com
• Phone: 31703779111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 103,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 3,287.50
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 3,400
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 3,200
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 200.69
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.45
• P/E Growth: 2.5
• Net Income: £18.82 billion
• Net Margins: 5.27%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.38%
• Return on Assets: 5.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.40
• Quick Ratio: 0.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £357.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.55
• Cash Flow: GBX 566.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.62
• Book Value: GBX 3,029.44 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 7,530,309,255
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £197.33 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.51