SHELL PLC 4th QUARTER 2024 AND FULL YEAR UNAUDITED RESULTS

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SHELL PLC
4th QUARTER 2024 AND FULL YEAR UNAUDITED RESULTS


SUMMARY OF UNAUDITED RESULTS

Quarters

$ million

Full year

Q4 2024

Q3 2024

Q4 2023

Reference

2024

2023

%

928

4,291

474

-78

Income/(loss) attributable to Shell plc shareholders

16,093

19,359

-17

3,661

6,028

7,306

-39

Adjusted Earnings

A

23,716

28,250

-16

14,281

16,005

16,335

-11

Adjusted EBITDA

A

65,803

68,538

-4

13,162

14,684

12,575

-10

Cash flow from operating activities

54,684

54,191

+1

(4,431)

(3,857)

(5,657)

Cash flow from investing activities

(15,154)

(17,734)

8,731

10,827

6,918

Free cash flow

G

39,530

36,457

6,924

4,950

7,113

Cash capital expenditure

C

21,084

24,392

9,401

9,570

10,897

-2

Operating expenses

F

36,918

39,960

-8

9,138

8,864

10,565

+3

Underlying operating expenses

F

35,707

39,201

-9

11.3%

12.8%

12.8%

ROACE2

D

11.3%

12.8%

77,078

76,613

81,541

Total debt

E

77,078

81,541

38,809

35,234

43,542

Net debt

E

38,809

43,542

17.7%

15.7%

18.8%

Gearing

E

17.7%

18.8%

2,815

2,801

2,827

+1

Oil and gas production available for sale (thousand boe/d)

2,836

2,791

+2

0.15

0.69

0.07

-78

Basic earnings per share ($)

2.55

2.88

-11

0.60

0.96

1.11

-38

Adjusted Earnings per share ($)

B

3.76

4.20

-10

0.3580

0.3440

0.3440

+4

Dividend per share ($)

1.3900

1.2935

+7

1.Q4 on Q3 change

2.Effective first quarter 2024, the definition has been amended and comparative information has been revised. See Reference D.

Quarter Analysis1

Income attributable to Shell plc shareholders, compared with the third quarter 2024, reflected higher exploration well write-offs, lower margins from crude and oil products trading and optimisation, lower Marketing margins and volumes, lower LNG trading and optimisation margins, lower realised oil prices, and unfavourable tax movements.

Fourth quarter 2024 income attributable to Shell plc shareholders also included net impairment charges and reversals of $2.2 billion, and net losses related to sale of assets. These items are included in identified items amounting to a net loss of $2.8 billion in the quarter. This compares with identified items in the third quarter 2024 which amounted to a net loss of $1.3 billion.

Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA2 were driven by the same factors as income attributable to Shell plc shareholders and adjusted for the above identified items.

Cash flow from operating activities for the fourth quarter 2024 was $13.2 billion, and primarily driven by Adjusted EBITDA, and working capital inflows of $2.4 billion partly offset by tax payments of $2.9 billion, and outflows relating to the timing impact of payments relating to emission certificates and biofuel programmes of $1.4 billion. The working capital inflows mainly reflected accounts receivable and payable movements, and initial margin inflow.