Shell plc (SHEL-L)
FTSE 100 · Oil & gas producers · data since 1996-08-29 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-1.15%
7d
+2.15%
30d
+12.18%
YTD
+20.66%
1y
+24.20%
Shell plc (SHEL-L) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 16.6 | -7.2 | -6.3 | -5.9 | 12.7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 8.2 | -1.6 | 7.2 | -13.6 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 0.5 | -2.9 | 7.6 | -2.2 | -1.6 |
| 2024 | -4.8 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 9.1 | -1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -5.6 | -9.6 | 6.3 | -1.8 | -2.2 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 6.4 | -8.6 | 6.2 | -9.4 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 8.1 | 1.6 | -3.3 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 16.3 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 9.4 | -10.2 | 2.1 | 5.1 | -1.9 | 7.0 | 1.7 | -4.8 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 8.0 | -2.1 | -3.5 | -1.4 | 7.5 | -0.3 | -0.8 | 15.6 | 1.6 | -6.2 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | -10.8 | -16.7 | -14.6 | -6.6 | -5.0 | 2.2 | -12.8 | -1.3 | -12.9 | 0.2 | 31.7 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.8 | -12.3 | 4.8 | -6.3 | -1.0 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | -0.7 | -6.5 | -2.9 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 0.8 | -0.5 | -4.3 | 5.4 | -5.2 | -5.2 | -2.6 |
| 2017 | -4.2 | -3.1 | 0.8 | -4.5 | 4.9 | -3.1 | 4.8 | -0.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | -0.3 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | -0.5 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 5.7 | -6.8 | 23.5 | -5.0 | -4.3 | 2.9 | 6.5 | -0.6 | 10.7 |
| 2015 | -6.3 | 5.0 | -5.2 | 2.6 | -5.6 | -8.1 | 3.0 | -7.9 | -8.3 | 8.8 | -2.8 | -7.1 |
| 2014 | -2.8 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 7.1 | -0.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | -0.1 | -3.3 | -5.2 | -4.6 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 5.6 | -3.2 | -1.9 | 3.0 | 0.5 | -4.7 | 6.6 | -6.7 | -2.3 | 1.8 | -1.4 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | -5.5 | 2.1 | -4.5 | 0.4 | -8.3 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | -2.8 | -0.8 | -1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | -5.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -7.6 | -3.1 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 2010 | -7.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 | -10.9 | -6.7 | 3.1 | -1.2 | 10.6 | 5.7 | -4.4 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | -4.2 | -10.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 5.5 | -8.6 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | -15.2 | 1.0 | -3.9 | 16.8 | 6.0 | -4.0 | -12.8 | 6.8 | -15.8 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | -4.0 | -3.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 | -5.1 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | -6.6 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 8.0 | -10.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | -6.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | -3.6 | -3.2 | 3.2 | -1.0 | -0.8 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 6.6 | -3.0 | -3.9 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | -6.6 | 2.0 | -0.8 |
| 2004 | -10.2 | 1.3 | -2.0 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | -8.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 | -5.5 | 5.7 | -6.6 | -1.7 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| 2002 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | -2.5 | 1.4 | -6.6 | -18.4 | 2.9 | -8.4 | 4.4 | -0.7 | -6.1 |
| 2001 | -2.5 | 6.1 | 0.0 | -8.3 | 6.3 | -3.8 | -2.4 | -2.2 | -12.1 | 2.9 | -1.8 | -3.9 |
| 2000 | -1.1 | -4.5 | 4.7 | -0.1 | 17.3 | -2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | -13.8 | 11.6 | 14.7 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 0.1 | -5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| 1998 | -2.3 | 1.6 | 9.9 | -4.5 | 3.0 | -3.4 | -0.6 | -12.6 | -9.9 | -7.3 | 1.0 | -1.1 |
| 1997 | 8.6 | -2.5 | 3.3 | -0.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | -68.4 | -8.3 | 7.1 | -10.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1996 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -1.6 | 4.2 | 1.9 | -1.5 | 0.6 |
| Avg | -1.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -2.4 | -1.4 | -1.0 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -1.3% | +0.7% | +1.9% | +1.3% | +1.0% | +0.8% | -2.9% | -1.4% | -1.0% | +1.6% | -0.1% | +1.6% |
| Win rate | 40%/30 | 60%/30 | 63%/30 | 60%/30 | 60%/30 | 57%/30 | 55%/29 | 37%/30 | 43%/30 | 70%/30 | 30%/30 | 63%/30 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-85.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±7.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
53%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+31.69%
2020-11
Worst month
-68.38%
1997-07
Longest streaks
7▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Shell plc
Yes, the oil giant is genuinely named after seashells — the founder's father traded them. Since 1996 it is down 38% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- It began as a London business importing decorative seashells from Asia.
- Royal Dutch and Shell merged in 1907 to fight Standard Oil; “Royal Dutch” was dropped when it unified in the UK in 2022.
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +31.69%; its worst, July 1997 at -68.38%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.