Shell Valuation

Is SHELL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SHELL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SHELL (£29.44) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£34.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SHELL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SHELL?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SHELL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6.5x
PEG Ratio2.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SHELL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SHELL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.5x
11.2x2.8%UK£83.1b
857 PetroChina
8x-6.0%HK$1.9t
CVX Chevron
15.1x2.5%US$304.9b
TTE TotalEnergies
8x-3.1%€159.2b
SHELL Shell
13.1x5.4%UK£188.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SHELL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the peer average (10.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SHELL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a5.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a5.4%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SHELL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the UK Oil and Gas industry average (10.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SHELL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SHELL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.1x
Fair PE Ratio12.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SHELL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SHELL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£29.44
UK£31.70
+7.7%
8.1%UK£37.80UK£28.98n/a15
May ’25UK£28.21
UK£31.36
+11.2%
9.0%UK£38.38UK£27.34n/a15
Apr ’25UK£26.28
UK£30.55
+16.3%
9.7%UK£38.48UK£25.94n/a15
Mar ’25UK£24.93
UK£30.08
+20.7%
10.4%UK£38.14UK£25.71n/a15
Feb ’25UK£25.07
UK£30.24
+20.7%
10.0%UK£37.88UK£25.76n/a15
Jan ’25UK£25.68
UK£30.09
+17.2%
10.5%UK£37.07UK£24.62n/a15
Dec ’24UK£25.72
UK£29.82
+16.0%
10.0%UK£37.06UK£24.61n/a15
Nov ’24UK£26.58
UK£30.07
+13.1%
10.7%UK£38.28UK£25.27n/a15
Oct ’24UK£26.13
UK£29.98
+14.7%
9.2%UK£36.78UK£25.35n/a16
Sep ’24UK£24.47
UK£28.89
+18.1%
9.3%UK£35.54UK£24.49n/a16
Aug ’24UK£23.52
UK£28.58
+21.5%
10.5%UK£35.07UK£23.77n/a18
Jul ’24UK£23.42
UK£28.86
+23.2%
9.5%UK£35.41UK£24.19n/a19
Jun ’24UK£22.55
UK£29.07
+28.9%
9.3%UK£33.66UK£23.28n/a20
May ’24UK£24.56
UK£28.72
+17.0%
8.4%UK£32.92UK£24.01UK£28.2121
Apr ’24UK£23.10
UK£28.72
+24.4%
9.9%UK£34.60UK£22.89UK£26.2821
Mar ’24UK£25.63
UK£29.53
+15.2%
10.0%UK£36.00UK£23.50UK£24.9320
Feb ’24UK£23.68
UK£28.78
+21.5%
10.2%UK£34.92UK£22.79UK£25.0721
Jan ’24UK£23.39
UK£29.41
+25.8%
9.7%UK£36.09UK£23.44UK£25.6820
Dec ’23UK£23.87
UK£28.32
+18.6%
8.6%UK£32.78UK£23.07UK£25.7220
Nov ’23UK£24.54
UK£29.78
+21.3%
8.9%UK£35.40UK£24.63UK£26.5820
Oct ’23UK£22.52
UK£31.51
+39.9%
10.7%UK£37.38UK£22.86UK£26.1320
Sep ’23UK£22.65
UK£29.37
+29.7%
9.7%UK£33.74UK£21.19UK£24.4720
Aug ’23UK£21.41
UK£27.35
+27.8%
10.5%UK£31.66UK£19.95UK£23.5220
Jul ’23UK£21.13
UK£28.09
+32.9%
8.7%UK£31.16UK£21.22UK£23.4220
Jun ’23UK£23.62
UK£26.96
+14.1%
9.5%UK£31.44UK£20.56UK£22.5519
May ’23UK£21.70
UK£26.58
+22.5%
11.1%UK£31.16UK£20.42UK£24.5619

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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