Royal Dutch Shell

Market Cap

€204.4b

Last Updated

2019/10/19 20:44 UTC

Data Sources

Company Financials +

Executive Summary

Royal Dutch Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company worldwide.

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Fundamentals

6 star dividend payer and fair value.

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Share Price & News

How has Royal Dutch Shell's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?

Latest Share Price and Events

Market Performance

7 Day Return

-1.4%

RDSA

-0.3%

NL Oil and Gas

-0.2%

NL Market

1 Year Return

-9.3%

RDSA

-3.8%

NL Oil and Gas

5.1%

NL Market

Return vs Industry: RDSA underperformed the Dutch Oil and Gas industry which returned -3.8% over the past year.

Return vs Market: RDSA underperformed the Dutch Market which returned 5.1% over the past year.

Shareholder returns

	RDSA	Industry	Market
7 Day	-1.4%	-0.3%	-0.2%
30 Day	-2.0%	-2.0%	-1.1%
90 Day	-8.3%	-1.5%	-1.5%
1 Year	-3.6%-9.3%	1.8%-3.8%	9.7%5.1%
3 Year	34.2%11.2%	43.5%22.7%	39.6%24.1%
5 Year	28.5%-7.0%	51.0%17.2%	66.1%32.6%
Include Dividend Returns

Price Volatility Vs. Market

How volatile is Royal Dutch Shell's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?

Simply Wall St News

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Do Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (AMS:RDSA) Returns On Capital Employed Make The Cut?

Valuation

Is Royal Dutch Shell undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

40.5%

Undervalued compared to fair value

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Undervalued: RDSA (€25.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€43.56)

Significantly Undervalued: RDSA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: RDSA is poor value based on its PE Ratio (11.6x) compared to the Oil and Gas industry average (9.4x).

PE vs Market: RDSA is good value based on its PE Ratio (11.6x) compared to the Dutch market (19.3x).

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Low PEG Ratio: RDSA is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (1.7x)

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: RDSA is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (1.2x) compared to the XE Oil and Gas industry average (0.9x).

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Future Growth

How is Royal Dutch Shell forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 21 analysts?

6.8%

Forecasted annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: RDSA's forecast earnings growth (6.8% per year) is above the savings rate (0.4%).

Earnings vs Market: RDSA's earnings (6.8% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the Dutch market (12% per year).

High Growth Earnings: RDSA's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: RDSA's revenue (1.3% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the Dutch market (5.9% per year).

High Growth Revenue: RDSA's revenue (1.3% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

High Future ROE: RDSA's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (12.3%).

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Past Performance

How has Royal Dutch Shell performed over the past 5 years?

18.7%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: RDSA's earnings have grown by 18.7% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: RDSA's earnings growth over the past year (3.1%) is below its 5-year average (18.7% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: RDSA earnings growth over the past year (3.1%) underperformed the Oil and Gas industry 10%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: RDSA's Return on Equity (10.7%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

ROA vs Industry: RDSA has a higher Return on Assets than the Oil and Gas industry average last year.

Return on Capital Employed

ROCE Improving: RDSA's Return on Capital Employed has declined over the past 3 years.

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Financial Health

How is Royal Dutch Shell's financial position?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: RDSA's short term assets ($93.1B) exceeds its short term liabilities ($84.3B)

Long Term Liabilities: RDSA's short term assets (93.1B) do not cover its long term liabilities (128.3B)

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: RDSA's debt to equity ratio (40.1%) is considered high

Reducing Debt: RDSA's debt to equity ratio has increased from 20.9% to 40.1% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: RDSA's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (68.4%).

Interest Coverage: RDSA's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (6.1x coverage).

Balance Sheet

Inventory Level: RDSA has a high level of physical assets or inventory.

Debt Coverage by Assets: RDSA's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 1.184120x debt).

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Dividend

What is Royal Dutch Shell's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

6.51%

Current Dividend Yield

Dividend Yield vs Market

Current dividend yield vs market & industry

Stability and Growth of Payments

Notable Dividend: RDSA's dividend (6.51%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the Dutch market (2.23%).

High Dividend: RDSA's dividend (6.51%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the Dutch market (5.97%)

Stable Dividend: RDSA's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: RDSA's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.

Current Payout to Shareholders

Dividend Coverage: At its current payout ratio (75.4%), RDSA's payments are covered by earnings.

Future Payout to Shareholders

Future Dividend Coverage: RDSA's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be covered by earnings (62.4% payout ratio).

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Management

What is the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?

5.8yrs

Average management tenure

CEO

Ben Van Beurden (61yo)

5.8yrs

Tenure

US$20,137,000

Compensation

Mr. Ben van Beurden has been the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc since January 1, 2014. Mr. van Beurden served as Downstream Director of Royal Dutch Shell plc since January 1, 2013 until S ...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs. Market: Ben's total compensation ($USD22.43M) is about average for companies of similar size in the Dutch market ($USD3.94M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Ben's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

Management Age and Tenure

5.8yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: RDSA's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.8 years average tenure).

Board Age and Tenure

5.8yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: RDSA's board of directors are considered experienced (5.8 years average tenure).

Insider Trading

Insider Buying: RDSA insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Recent Insider Transactions

BuyUS$21,41326 Sep 19

Ben Van Beurden

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Executive Officer CEO & Director
Shares	810.78
Max Price	US$26.41

BuyUS$8,44226 Sep 19

Maarten Wetselaar

Entity	Individual
Shares	319.66
Max Price	US$26.41

BuyUS$9,35226 Sep 19

Jessica Uhl

Entity	Individual
Role	Member of the Board of Directors CFO & Executive Director
Shares	354.12
Max Price	US$26.41

BuyUS$56,17126 Sep 19

Donny Ching

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Legal Officer Legal Director
Shares	2,126.89
Max Price	US$26.41

BuyUS$20,67226 Jun 19

Ben Van Beurden

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Executive Officer CEO & Director
Shares	712.83
Max Price	US$29.00

BuyUS$54,22826 Jun 19

Donny Ching

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Legal Officer Legal Director
Shares	1,869.93
Max Price	US$29.00

BuyUS$9,02926 Jun 19

Jessica Uhl

Entity	Individual
Role	Member of the Board of Directors CFO & Executive Director
Shares	311.33
Max Price	US$29.00

BuyUS$360,08425 Feb 19

Maarten Wetselaar

Entity	Individual
Shares	12,976
Max Price	US$27.75

BuyUS$221,02925 Feb 19

Donny Ching

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Legal Officer Legal Director
Shares	7,965
Max Price	US$27.75

BuyUS$778,24925 Feb 19

Ben Van Beurden

Entity	Individual
Role	Chief Executive Officer CEO & Director
Shares	28,045
Max Price	US$27.75

BuyUS$402,09825 Feb 19

Jessica Uhl

Entity	Individual
Role	Member of the Board of Directors CFO & Executive Director
Shares	14,490
Max Price	US$27.75

SellUS$1,670,99119 Feb 19

Andrew Brown

Entity	Individual
Shares	60,000
Max Price	US$27.85

Ownership Breakdown

Management Team

Wai Kiew Loh
Head of global Shell Marine Products Business
- Tenure: 13.9yrs
Ann Pickard (64yo)
Executive Vice President of Arctic - Upstream Americas
- Tenure: 14.1yrs
Russell Caplan (72yo)
Chairman of Australian Unit
- Tenure: 13.7yrs
Ben Van Beurden (61yo)
CEO & Director
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$20.14m
Ed Daniels
Executive Vice President of Strategy & Portfolio
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
Graham Hoff
Executive Vice President of Chemicals
- Tenure: 6.8yrs
Harry Brekelmans (54yo)
Projects & Technology Director
- Tenure: 5yrs
Donny Ching (55yo)
Legal Director
- Tenure: 0yrs
Ronan Cassidy (52yo)
Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer
- Tenure: 3.8yrs
Jessica Uhl (51yo)
CFO & Executive Director
- Tenure: 2.6yrs
- Compensation: US$4.86m

Board Members

Chad Holliday (71yo)
- Tenure: 4.4yrs
- Compensation: US$925.00k
Gerard Kleisterlee (73yo)
Deputy Chair & Senior Independent Director
- Tenure: 1.4yrs
- Compensation: US$223.00k
Linda Stuntz (65yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 8.3yrs
- Compensation: US$210.00k
Ann Godbehere (64yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 1.4yrs
- Compensation: US$97.00k
How Lim
Executive Chairman of Shell Companies
- Tenure: 14.1yrs
Gerrit Zalm (67yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 6.8yrs
- Compensation: US$177.00k
Ben Van Beurden (61yo)
CEO & Director
- Tenure: 5.8yrs
- Compensation: US$20.14m
Nigel Sheinwald (66yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 7.3yrs
- Compensation: US$186.00k
Swee Chen Goh (58yo)
Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore
- Tenure: 0yrs
Jessica Uhl (51yo)
CFO & Executive Director
- Tenure: 2.6yrs
- Compensation: US$4.86m

Company Information

Royal Dutch Shell plc's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources

Key Information

Name: Royal Dutch Shell plc
Ticker: RDSA
Exchange: ENXTAM
Founded: 1907
Industry: Integrated Oil and Gas
Sector: Energy
Market Cap: €204.419b
Shares outstanding: 7.91b
Website: https://www.shell.com

Number of Employees

Location

Royal Dutch Shell plc
Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
The Hague
Zuid-Holland
2596 HR
Netherlands

Listings

Ticker	Exchange	Primary Security	Security Type	Country	Currency	Listed on
RDSA	LSE (London Stock Exchange)	Yes	Class A Shares	GB	GBP	Jan 2005
RDSA	SEP (The Stock Exchange Prague Co. Ltd.)	Yes	Class A Shares	CZ	CZK	Jan 2005
RDSA	ENXTAM (Euronext Amsterdam)	Yes	Class A Shares	NL	EUR	Jan 2005
RDSA	WBAG (Wiener Boerse AG)	Yes	Class A Shares	AT	EUR	Jan 2005
R6C	DB (Deutsche Boerse AG)	Yes	Class A Shares	DE	EUR	Jan 2005
R6CD	BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe')	Yes	Class A Shares	GB	EUR	Jan 2005
RDSAL	BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe')	Yes	Class A Shares	GB	GBP	Jan 2005
RDSAA	BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe')	Yes	Class A Shares	GB	EUR	Jan 2005
R6C	XTRA (XETRA Trading Platform)	Yes	Class A Shares	DE	EUR	Jan 2005
RYDA.F	OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC)	Yes	Class A Shares	US	USD	Jan 2005
RDSA	SWX (SIX Swiss Exchange)	Yes	Class A Shares	CH	CHF	Jan 2005
0LN9	LSE (London Stock Exchange)	Yes	Class A Shares	GB	EUR	Jan 2005
R6C2	DB (Deutsche Boerse AG)		SPON ADR B	DE	EUR	Jul 2005
RDS.A	NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)		SPONS ADR A	US	USD	Jul 2005
RDS.B	NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)		SPON ADR B	US	USD	Jul 2005
RDS B	BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores)		SPON ADR B	MX	MXN	Jul 2005
RDS A	BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores)		SPONS ADR A	MX	MXN	Jul 2005
R6C3	XTRA (XETRA Trading Platform)		Class B Shares	DE	EUR	Jul 2005
RDSBL	BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe')		Class B Shares	GB	GBP	Jul 2005
RDSB	LSE (London Stock Exchange)		Class B Shares	GB	GBP	Jul 2005
RDSBA	BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe')		Class B Shares	GB	EUR	Jul 2005
R6C1	DB (Deutsche Boerse AG)		SPONS ADR A	DE	EUR	Jul 2005
R6C3	DB (Deutsche Boerse AG)		Class B Shares	DE	EUR	Jul 2005
RDSB	SWX (SIX Swiss Exchange)		Class B Shares	CH	CHF	Jul 2005
RDSB	ENXTAM (Euronext Amsterdam)		Class B Shares	NL	EUR	Jul 2005
RYDB.F	OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC)		Class B Shares	US	USD	Jul 2005

Biography

Royal Dutch Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company worldwide. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, and Downstream segments. It explores for, and extracts crude oil, nat ...

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2019/10/19 20:44
End of Day Share Price	2019/10/18 00:00
Earnings	2019/06/30
Annual Earnings	2018/12/31

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