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Price: 42.7 EUR 1.88% Market Closed
Market Cap: €274.7B
Financial profile · Q2 FY2026

An integrated energy portfolio with cyclical earnings and durable cash generation

Shell operates as a cyclical, commodity-sensitive integrated energy portfolio, with upstream and LNG exposure complemented by trading, refining, marketing and chemicals. The model remains capital intensive but has historically generated positive operating and free cash flow while reducing debt and the common share base.

What is developing

The June 30, 2026 results show a marked rebound in quarterly profitability and free cash flow, but the underlying economics still appear cyclical rather than structurally reset. The latest period strengthens Shell’s cash-generation profile without changing its dependence on prices, margins, volumes and working capital.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow remains above the higher 2026 capital-spending run rate after current price, trading and working-capital tailwinds moderate.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
14.7B 16.2B 22.8B 15B 29.5B 32.4B 34.9B 31.7B 27.1B 21.3B
3.1B 4.6B 3.8B 4.2B 4.8B 5.8B 6.6B 5.9B 5.6B 4.9B
11.6B 11.6B 19.1B 10.8B 24.7B 26.6B 28.3B 25.8B 21.6B 16.4B
4.1B 4B 3.7B 2.7B 2.2B 4.4B 5.1B 6.6B 10.7B 8.4B
35.5B 40.6B 37.1B 39.1B 29.9B 44.2B 52B 47.1B 40.1B 40.3B
27.9B 31.6B 28.5B 31.1B 22.5B 35.8B 42.1B 37.3B 31.9B 30.8B
7.6B 9B 8.5B 8B 7.4B 8.5B 9.9B 9.8B 8.2B 9.5B
21.8B 25.2B 21.1B 24.1B 19.5B 25.3B 31.9B 26B 23.4B 22.2B
10.5B 9.4B 12.8B 11.9B 10.8B 22.4B 42B 22.7B 26.5B 15.1B
86.6B 95.4B 97.5B 92.7B 92B 128.8B 165.9B 134.1B 127.9B 107.2B
236.1B 226.4B 223.2B 238.3B 209.7B 194.9B 198.6B 194.8B 185.2B 185.1B
236.1B 226.4B 223.2B 238.3B 209.7B 194.9B 198.6B 194.8B 185.2B 185.1B
(189.2B) (197.7B) (191.7B) (200.8B) (243.9B) (241.8B) (236.3B) (260.2B) (245.5B) (259.9B)
11B 10.5B 9.9B 9.3B 8.7B 9.8B 9.7B 10.3B 9.5B 11B
13B 13.7B 13.7B 14.2B 14B 14.9B 16B 16.7B 16B 15.7B
7.7B 6.9B 6B 6.6B 6.3B 5.5B 4.8B 4.1B 4.6B 6.6B
39.2B 35.1B 28.4B 25.8B 25.7B 27.2B 27.2B 27.7B 25.7B 29.3B
17.7B 19.1B 20.5B 17.4B 22.9B 23.2B 20.8B 18.6B 18.7B 15.5B
13B 13.7B 13.7B 14.2B 14B 14.9B 16B 16.7B 16B 15.7B
411.3B 407.1B 399.2B 404.3B 379.3B 404.4B 443B 406.3B 387.6B 370.4B
30B 35.2B 33.2B 32.8B 25.9B 38.9B 51.1B 42.1B 36.2B 33.4B
12.4B 11B 10.5B 13.7B 11.7B 14.6B 18.2B 16.2B 14.7B 13.8B
1.8B 1.2B 693m 4B 7.5B 515m 1B 845m 642m 506m
7.7B 10.6B 9.4B 11.1B 9.4B 7.7B 8B 9.1B 11B 8.6B
21.9B 21.7B 23.9B 18.1B 19.2B 33.8B 43B 27.2B 32.5B 26.1B
73.8B 79.8B 77.8B 79.6B 73.7B 95.5B 121.3B 95.5B 95B 82.4B
83B 73.9B 66.7B 81.4B 91.1B 80.9B 74.8B 71.6B 65.4B 66.5B
15.3B 13B 14.8B 14.5B 10.5B 12.5B 16.2B 15.3B 13.5B 12B
1.9B 3.5B 3.9B 4B 3.2B 3.4B 2.1B 1.8B 1.9B 927m
50.7B 42.6B 37.3B 38.4B 45.4B 40.1B 38.1B 35.5B 33.5B 34.1B
224.6B 212.7B 200.5B 217.9B 224B 232.4B 252.6B 219.7B 209.3B 196B
683m 696m 685m 657m 651m 641m 584m 544m 510m 477m
214.6B 216.5B 221.1B 210.9B 180.9B 191.4B 208.1B 204.8B 197.8B 192.5B
154m 154m 154m 154m 154m 154m 154m 154m 154m 154m
39m (69m) (108m)
(901m) (917m) (1.3B) (1.1B) (709m) (610m) (726m) (997m) (803m) (847m)
(27.9B) (22B) (22B) (24.2B) (25.7B) (19.6B) (17.7B) (17.9B) (19.3B) (17.8B)
186.6B 194.4B 198.6B 186.5B 155.3B 172B 190.5B 186.6B 178.3B 174.4B
411.3B 407.1B 399.2B 404.3B 379.3B 404.4B 443B 406.3B 387.6B 370.4B
8.1B 8.3B 8.2B 7.9B 7.8B 7.7B 7B 6.5B 6.1B 5.7B