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Shell Plc ADR

SHELLondon Stock Exchange

SectorEnergy

IndustryIntegrated Oil & Gas

Beta (adjusted)0.19

Intrinsic Value $95.48median of 6 methods · middle span $54-$269based on filings through 31 Dec 2025

Market Price $95.61Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 0% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $272.6B

Enterprise Value $308.9B

Shares Outstanding 2.9B diluted

Next Earnings Date29 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend14 Aug 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Shell entered the second half of 2026 with strong operating execution: Q2 adjusted earnings were $9.8 billion, cash flow from operations exceeded $21 billion, net debt was approximately $42 billion, and management authorized $3 billion of new buybacks. LNG Canada reached full capacity, Brazil delivered record production, and refinery utilization reached 102%. The ARC Resources acquisition could increase expected production growth to approximately 4% annually through 2030 and become free-cash-flow-per-share accretive from 2027, but completion, integration, commodity-price exposure, elevated 2026 acquisition-related capital spending and geopolitical disruption remain material uncertainties.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets15 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$81.60

Mean target$98.03

High · most bullish analyst$120.60

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$81.6025%

Lower oil or gas prices, demand weakness, Middle East disruption, regulatory delays or ARC integration problems weaken cash generation while acquisition-related expenditure remains elevated. Net debt reverses upward, buybacks slow, or distributions fall below Shell's through-cycle framework.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$98.0355%

Matches the consensus mean

Shell sustains disciplined execution and shareholder returns while absorbing ARC-related spending within the stated $24-26 billion 2026 cash-capex outlook. Commodity and geopolitical volatility prevent a uniformly strong trajectory, but portfolio high-grading, cost reductions and integrated trading and optimization capabilities support resilient cash generation.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$120.6020%

Operational strength persists, LNG Canada maintains full-capacity performance, ARC closes and delivers the anticipated 4% production CAGR through 2030, and Shell executes its greater-than-10% annual free-cash-flow-per-share growth objective while distributing 40-50% of cash flow from operations through the cycle.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Strong Q2 2026 execution produced $9.8 billion of adjusted earnings, more than $21 billion of cash flow from operations and approximately $42 billion of net debt.
Operational momentum included LNG Canada reaching full capacity after more than 100 cargoes, record production in Brazil and 102% refinery utilization during a high-margin period.
ARC would add approximately 370 kboe/d, increase expected production growth to approximately 4% through 2030 and is expected by Shell to be free-cash-flow-per-share accretive from 2027.

Key Investment Risks

Shell remains exposed to oil and natural-gas price movements, demand changes, foreign-exchange volatility, geopolitical conflict, regulatory developments and significant cyber or IT incidents.
ARC remained subject to completion and regulatory risk in the latest quarterly disclosure, while realizing forecast production growth, synergies and accretion depends on successful integration.
The 2026 cash-capex outlook increased to $24-26 billion including approximately $4 billion associated with ARC, creating greater funding and execution sensitivity if operating cash flow weakens.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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