Don't Buy Shell Without Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Susan Ramirez • Sunday, February 05 12:17 • Permanent Link

Energy sector company Shell posted a -0.4% performance Friday, while the S&P 500 returned -1.1%.

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company is based in London and has 82,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $204,310,796,288. Shell currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.4% per year.

Over the last year, RYDAF's share price has increased by 4.2%, which represents a difference of 12.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $31.2 per share whereas its 52 week low is $21.21. With an average free cash flow of $20,943,666,666.7 that have been growing at an average rate of 20.1% over the last four years, Shell is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported	Cash Flow from Operations ($ MM)	Capital expenditures ($ MM)	Free Cash Flow ($ MM)	YoY Growth (%)
2021-12-31	45,104	-19,000	26,104	49.0
2020-12-31	34,105	-16,585	17,520	-8.78
2019-12-31	42,178	-22,971	19,207	n/a

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