Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Shell FY2026 Earnings

Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) – Equities researchers at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Shell in a report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst P. Cheng forecasts that the energy company will post earnings per share of $7.05 for the year. Scotiabank has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $80.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Shell’s current full-year earnings is $8.52 per share.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Barclays upgraded shares of Shell to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Shell from $82.00 to $72.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Shell from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Shell from $87.00 to $86.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of Shell to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $79.69.

Shell Stock Up 0.5 %

SHEL stock opened at $65.02 on Friday. Shell has a 52 week low of $60.15 and a 52 week high of $74.61. The company has a market capitalization of $200.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.84 and a beta of 0.55. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $64.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $68.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Shell Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th were paid a $0.688 dividend. This represents a $2.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.23%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 15th. Shell’s payout ratio is 56.58%.

Institutional Trading of Shell

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Fortitude Family Office LLC acquired a new position in Shell during the 3rd quarter valued at $30,000. Fairscale Capital LLC acquired a new position in Shell during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Valley Wealth Managers Inc. acquired a new position in Shell during the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in Shell during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, GHP Investment Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Shell by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 563 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 163 shares during the period. 28.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Shell

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.