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How Shell plc stacks up
SHEL · against 400 other Energy companies
Profitability
56/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #176 of 401 · scores higher than 56% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score40 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including SHEL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 56?
Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.Its metrics sit close to the Energy norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 10.3% vs peer median 11.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.8% vs peer median 4.4%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on invested capital: 17.2% vs peer median 9.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SHEL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SHEL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 383 reported | 17.2% | 9.3% | 75% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 398 reported | 10.3% | 11.7% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 391 reported | 4.8% | 4.4% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 384 reported | 14.3% | 10.5% | 63% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 405 reported | 26.1% | 33.2% | 37% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SHEL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.9B EUR (≈$7.6B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 22.9B USD | 100 | 72 | |
| 3 | 6.33T SAR (≈$1.71T) | 99 | 66 | |
| 3 | 400M EUR (≈$440M) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 1.6B USD | 99 | 61 | |
| 172 | 16.2B THB (≈$453M) | 57 | 45 | |
| 176 | 9.94T KRW (≈$7.2B) | 56 | 65 | |
| 176 | 101.35T IDR (≈$6.3B) | 56 | 40 | |
| 176 | 34.0B USD | 56 | 37 | |
| 176 | 297.1B USD | 56 | 53 | |
| 180 | 16.0B CNY (≈$2.2B) | 55 | 42 | |
| 180 | 9.6B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 55 | 37 | |
| 180 | 3.3B USD | 55 | 52 | |
| 180 | 81.0B USD | 55 | 47 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score