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The price of Shell Plc ADR (NYSE: SHEL) closed at $73.29 in the last session, up 0.36% from day before closing price of $73.03. In other words, the price has increased by $0.36 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.77 million shares were traded. SHEL stock price reached its highest trading level at $74.175 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $72.69.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at SHEL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 5.62 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.68. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.10 and its Current Ratio is at 1.35. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.37.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Equal-Weight to Overweight on January 07, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $66.50 to $79.80.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SHEL now has a Market Capitalization of 219271954432 and an Enterprise Value of 482872557568. As of this moment, Shell’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.81. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.698 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.081.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SHEL is 0.27, which has changed by 0.09322798 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SHEL has reached a high of $74.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.15. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.51%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.71%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, SHEL traded on average about 4.46M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5526339 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 3.05B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 3.00B. Insiders hold about 0.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 12.68% stake in the company. Shares short for SHEL as of 1741910400 were 8214347 with a Short Ratio of 1.84, compared to 1739491200 on 6197936. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8214347 and a Short% of Float of 0.47000000000000003.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for SHEL is 2.78, which was 1.39 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019033274The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.47. The current Payout Ratio is 54.41% for SHEL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1739491200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-06-30 when the company split stock in a 4:1 ratio.
