Scotiabank Comments on Shell’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:SHEL)

Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) – Analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Shell in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst P. Cheng forecasts that the energy company will earn $7.05 per share 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.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on SHEL. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on Shell from $82.00 to $72.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Shell from $88.00 to $87.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of Shell to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Barclays upgraded Shell to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, UBS Group raised Shell from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $79.83.

Shell Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE SHEL opened at $64.68 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $199.04 billion, a PE ratio of 13.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.84 and a beta of 0.55. Shell has a 52 week low of $60.15 and a 52 week high of $74.61. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $64.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $68.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 1.40.

Shell Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th were given a dividend of $0.688 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.25%. Shell’s payout ratio is presently 56.58%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fortitude Family Office LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Shell in the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Fairscale Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Shell during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Valley Wealth Managers Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Shell during the 3rd quarter worth $33,000. Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new position in Shell during the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, GHP Investment Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Shell by 40.8% during the third quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 563 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 163 shares during the last quarter. 28.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.