Shell plc (SHEL)
Top 100 by market cap · data since 1984-03-12 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.49%
7d
+1.21%
30d
+13.75%
YTD
+22.50%
1y
+26.80%
Shell plc (SHEL) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.8 | 9.4 | 11.4 | -2.5 | -6.4 | -7.8 | 14.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 8.6 | -12.0 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | -3.2 | 4.7 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| 2024 | -4.4 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 2.5 | -0.8 | 1.4 | -1.2 | -8.0 | 2.4 | -3.1 | -3.2 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 4.3 | -5.3 | 7.7 | -8.8 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 18.4 | 1.9 | 4.8 | -2.7 | 11.8 | -11.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | -6.1 | 11.8 | 6.0 | -2.6 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 12.1 | -4.4 | -3.1 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | -1.0 | 12.1 | 3.0 | -7.5 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | -11.6 | -14.0 | -20.8 | -5.0 | -2.6 | 2.3 | -8.8 | 0.5 | -15.2 | 1.5 | 33.9 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | -1.3 | 5.3 | -3.4 | -10.1 | 5.8 | -1.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | -8.6 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 0.9 | -0.5 | -1.2 | -3.2 | 4.5 | -7.3 | -2.9 | -3.5 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | -2.9 | 1.6 | -1.0 | 6.0 | -2.2 | 6.3 | -0.8 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | -4.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 9.2 | -6.6 | 13.9 | -6.2 | -3.8 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | -8.2 | 7.9 | -8.8 | 6.3 | -4.4 | -4.5 | 0.8 | -6.4 | -10.4 | 10.7 | -3.4 | -8.0 |
| 2014 | -3.0 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 4.8 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -6.0 | -5.7 | -6.3 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | 2.3 | -5.7 | -0.8 | 4.3 | -1.1 | -3.9 | 7.1 | -4.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| 2012 | -2.4 | 3.6 | -4.0 | 2.0 | -12.0 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 3.9 | -0.8 | -1.3 | -0.9 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 6.3 | -6.7 | -0.4 | 3.4 | -7.8 | -8.3 | 15.3 | -0.1 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | -7.8 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 8.4 | -15.3 | -4.2 | 10.3 | -2.9 | 13.7 | 7.7 | -5.4 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | -7.0 | -9.3 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 20.1 | -6.9 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | -15.2 | 1.1 | -3.5 | 16.4 | 7.5 | -4.4 | -13.4 | -0.7 | -15.1 | -5.4 | -2.9 | -0.9 |
| 2007 | -3.6 | -3.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 9.3 | -4.5 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 7.4 | -7.0 | 3.4 |
| 2006 | 10.8 | -10.4 | 2.9 | 9.4 | -1.8 | 1.0 | 5.7 | -1.8 | -4.1 | 5.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
| 2005 | 1.9 | 10.4 | -4.8 | -2.0 | 0.6 | 10.8 | -5.6 | 6.9 | 1.1 | -5.5 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 2004 | -9.5 | 4.6 | -4.0 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | -0.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | -4.8 | -5.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 11.4 | 2.4 | -4.7 | 3.0 | -1.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 16.7 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 5.7 | -3.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 | -17.3 | 0.6 | -11.1 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | -0.3 | -3.4 | -5.0 | 7.4 | 3.8 | -4.4 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -11.3 | 0.5 | -4.3 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | -9.1 | -4.2 | 9.6 | -0.8 | 10.3 | -1.4 | -5.4 | 6.1 | -2.0 | -0.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1999 | -16.3 | 9.5 | 18.5 | 12.9 | -2.2 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 2.6 | -4.5 | 1.5 | -3.2 | 4.4 |
| 1998 | -5.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | -0.6 | 0.9 | -2.3 | -7.0 | -21.6 | 20.8 | 3.5 | -4.8 | 2.0 |
| 1997 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 3.6 | -9.3 | 10.7 | -5.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | -1.5 | -0.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 2.5 | -1.9 | -1.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 1995 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | -3.9 | 4.2 | -6.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 9.9 |
| 1994 | 5.4 | -3.0 | -6.9 | 9.7 | 0.4 | -2.2 | 8.1 | -0.3 | -2.7 | 8.5 | -6.8 | -0.8 |
| 1993 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | -4.5 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | -7.7 | -3.0 | -1.1 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | -9.6 | -0.2 | -1.8 |
| 1991 | -4.1 | 8.1 | -3.7 | 5.6 | 1.9 | -5.5 | 6.3 | -1.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | -3.9 | 10.9 |
| 1990 | -1.0 | -2.4 | 1.7 | -4.4 | 8.8 | -1.9 | 10.8 | -3.1 | -2.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | -1.4 |
| 1989 | 109.2 | -1.9 | 7.1 | 3.4 | -0.8 | 0.6 | 8.2 | -2.0 | 4.6 | -2.4 | 4.7 | 11.3 |
| 1988 | 2.0 | -0.4 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | -4.6 | 4.3 | -7.0 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| 1987 | 9.3 | -1.1 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | -2.9 | -0.5 | -14.5 | -5.4 | 7.1 |
| 1986 | -1.2 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | -3.3 | 15.4 | 3.5 | -0.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 |
| 1985 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 2.2 | -0.3 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | -1.6 |
| 1984 | · | · | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | -4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | -3.9 | -3.5 | 2.6 |
| Avg | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | -0.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
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 | +2.0% | +0.8% | +1.9% | +3.3% | +2.4% | +0.9% | +0.6% | -0.9% | +0.5% | +1.5% | +0.3% | +2.5% |
| Win rate | 50%/42 | 57%/42 | 67%/43 | 72%/43 | 67%/43 | 51%/43 | 62%/42 | 43%/42 | 57%/42 | 64%/42 | 50%/42 | 69%/42 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-67.2%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±7.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
59%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+109.23%
1989-01
Worst month
-21.57%
1998-08
Longest streaks
7▲ / 9▼
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
Shell plc does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 1984. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1984) would be about $20,842 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was January 1989 at +109.23%; its worst, August 1998 at -21.57%.
- It has closed April in the green 31 out of 43 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.