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SHELL#13 of 134 by buybacks

AS · Energy · Oil & Gas Integrated · Netherlands

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$14.1Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield4.9%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$8.40Bdividend yield 2.9%
Shareholder yield7.8%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−27.2%5.64B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow47%payout incl. dividends 76%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 27.2% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$15.5B$8.66B$22.3B
FY2024Dec 2024$14.7B$8.67B$35.1B
FY2023Dec 2023$15.5B$8.39B$31.2B
FY2022Dec 2022$19.0B$7.41B$45.8B
FY2021Dec 2021$3.17B$6.25B$26.1B
FY2020Dec 2020$2.08B$7.42B$17.5B
FY2019Dec 2019$11.4B$15.2B$19.2B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +5.7% versus the prior year.

About Shell PLC

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and other parts of the Americas. It operates through the following segments: Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions. The company explores for and extracts natural gas to produce liquefied natural gas or convert it into gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels and other products; explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; and operat…

Market cap
€256B
P/E (trailing)
11.6×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
GB00BP6MXD84
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026