Shell SHEL
$99.09 −$1.03 (-1.03%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 10:30 pm ET · Last extended-hours $99.99 +0.91%
Open$98.48
Prev close$100.12
Day range$98.31 – $99.92
Volume6.45M
Market cap$280.69B
P/E (TTM)8.6
Dividend yield3.05%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership69.9%-2.89 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,295+63 vs. prior quarter
Short interest0.68% of floatDays to cover 2.7 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share19.5%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$33.62M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 19.6% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 0.97% to 0.68% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Research | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +21,334,042 | 1.7% |
| HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +10,116,289 | 1.1% |
| J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +10,011,272 | 1.3% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +9,861,037 | 8.2% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +5,667,240 | 0.2% |
| Orbis Investment Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,733,726 | 0.3% |
| Renaissance Technologies Corp. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,695,452 | 0.1% |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,633,066 | 0.1% |
| The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +2,334,381 | 0.1% |
| State Street Global Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,181,617 | 1.8% |
| Wellington Management Group | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,814,391 | 0.7% |
| Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,764,737 | 0.8% |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,620,411 | 0.1% |
| J O Hambro Capital Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,462,004 | 0.1% |
| Morgan Stanley | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,335,494 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 19,394,704 | 0.7% | 2.7 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 20,476,633 | 0.7% | 3.4 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 19,927,390 | 0.7% | 2.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 23,218,005 | 0.8% | 4.1 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 23,681,421 | 0.9% | 4.2 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 26,907,719 | 1.0% | 3.6 |
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