Essential Insights for Royal Dutch Shell PLC (SHEL) Investors

By Ken Smith • Monday, October 13 15:22 • Permanent Link

Royal Dutch Shell PLC marked a 0.9% change today, compared to 2.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $72.08? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and other Americas.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC belongs to the Energy sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.35 and an average price to book (P/B) of 1.6
The company's P/B ratio is 2.35
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.1 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.48 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 9.2, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $7.86
Over the last four years, Royal Dutch Shell PLC has averaged free cash flows of $49.78 Billion, which on average grew 7.5%
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has moved 4.4% over the last year compared to 11.8% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -7.4%
SHEL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.5% away from its mean target price of $79.64 per share

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