Shell Plc Dividend yield

Shell Plc is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Shell Plc is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Shell Plc stock dividend

Shell Plc paid a total dividend of 6,494 million GBP last year, for a market value of 164,884 millions (Market Cap 164,833 millions). Shell Plc dividend per share is 0.95 GBP, and his stock market price 24.12 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Shell Plc has a dividend yield of 3.94%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. However, it is lower than the average of Oil and Gas industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Shell Plc stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

Shell Plc Dividend Payout

About the ability of Shell Plc to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.95 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.94%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Shell Plc payout on ernings is currently 18.52%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Shell Plccan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Shell Plc is GBP 7.78 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.95, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Shell Plc, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Royal Dutch Shell A Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Royal Dutch Shell A's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.94%	0.95	18.52%	6,836
2022	3.45%	0.80	36.53%	7,096
2021	3.12%	0.51	-26.42%	4,101
2020	4.86%	0.63	34.43%	4,101
2019	5.65%	1.26	54.08%	4,203
2018	5.19%	1.20	87.59%	4,536
2017	5.00%	1.24	225.45%	4,544
2016	5.83%	1.18	406.90%	4,326
2015	6.57%	1.08	90.76%	3,895

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Shell Plc dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Oil and Gas Producers stocks.

Shell Plc Stock performance

Finally, last moth Shell Plc showed a return of 1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 5.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Oil and Gas Producers firms.