What Royal Dutch Shell PLC Investors Should Keep in Mind

By Tamara Parker • Friday, December 29 15:26 • Permanent Link

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a large-cap Oil & Gas Drilling stock, moved 0.6% this afternoon. Here are some facts about the company that we're keeping an eye on:

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has logged a 14.9% 52 week change, compared to 24.6% for the S&P 500
SHEL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.08% away from its mean target price of $74.04 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $8.42, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 7.8. The Energy sector's average P/E ratio is 8.53
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $8.24 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.29 in contrast to the Energy sector's average P/B ratio is 1.78
SHEL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 14.1% and gross profit margins of 0.3%

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