FY2026 Earnings Estimate for Shell Issued By Scotiabank

Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) – Research analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for Shell in a research note issued to investors 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 objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Shell’s current full-year earnings is $8.52 per share.

SHEL has been the topic of several other reports. Wolfe Research upgraded Shell from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target 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. UBS Group upgraded Shell from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup upgraded Shell to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Shell from $82.00 to $72.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Shell presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $79.83.

Shell Stock Performance

Shares of SHEL stock opened at $64.68 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $199.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.31, a PEG ratio of 4.84 and a beta of 0.55. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $64.43 and its 200 day moving average is $68.10. Shell has a 12 month low of $60.15 and a 12 month high of $74.61. 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 Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th were issued a $0.688 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.75 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.25%. Shell’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 56.58%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SHEL. FMR LLC increased its position in Shell by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 65,298,943 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $4,306,465,000 after buying an additional 3,255,347 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in Shell by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 24,530,647 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $1,617,796,000 after purchasing an additional 507,311 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Shell by 0.4% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 22,722,317 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $1,640,082,000 after buying an additional 96,549 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Shell by 0.9% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 5,972,945 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $408,430,000 after buying an additional 55,637 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mawer Investment Management Ltd. raised its holdings in Shell by 8.7% in the 3rd quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 5,282,868 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $348,405,000 after acquiring an additional 422,329 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 28.60% of the company’s stock.

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.