Briefing From The Editor -- SHEL Stock

By Scott Lee • Thursday, September 11 10:06 • Permanent Link

Royal Dutch Shell PLC logged a -0.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $72.41 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. SHEL's trading volume is 835,087 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,300,202.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC trades -7.39% away from its average analyst target price of $78.18 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $40.6 to $89.0, and on average have given Royal Dutch Shell PLC a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SHEL, you'll want to know the following:

Royal Dutch Shell PLC's current price is 76.3% above its Graham number of $41.06, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has moved 8.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.7%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 4.48, Royal Dutch Shell PLC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SHEL has a forward P/E ratio of 9.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $7.86 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.36 compared to its sector average of 1.6
Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and other Americas.
Based in London, the company has 96,000 full time employees and a market cap of $210.04 Billion. Royal Dutch Shell PLC currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.0%.

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