RDSA Fundamental Research Investment Analysis, Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (RDSA)

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2-Year Price History

Recent Price
(8/27/2008 4:03 PM)
$70.01
52-Week Price
$64.89 - $88.73
Market Capitalization
$119.5 Billion
Dividend Yield
4.70%
Most Recent Dividend
$2.39

RDSA Revenue

Currently, the data available for RDSA is not sufficient for us to properly evaluate the stock. We will resume coverage as the data allows.

RDSA Cash Earnings

Cash (and the ability of a company to generate it) is a pivotal analysis at Ockham Research. With RDSA, we have found that we don't have as many years of positive Cash Earnings as we would like in order to run an analysis. When a company like RDSA has had several years of negative Cash Earnings mixed in with their positive years, it can be difficult to really get a good analysis of their potential. At Ockham, we always advise that Cash is key to any investment, so investors should consider the lack of positive years available as a signal that other types of analysis may need to be more heavily relied upon in RDSA's case.

RDSA Dividends

A strong dividend payment history is looked upon as a favorable characteristic on a company’s future and potentially can receive a positive Ockham rating. That being said, we don't require dividend payments for company's whose management has elected to forgo them entirely. As far as our investing methodology goes, it is not necessary to pay a dividend in order to get a favorable rating, so as for right now RDSA gets a neutral rating for the dividend portion of the model. The company is not currently paying a dividend nor have they in the fairly recent past.

Peer Comparison

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A Industry Grouping

(8/26/2008)
Company Ticker Market Cap (Ml) Latest
Price		 Price/Cash Earnings Price/Sales 5-Yr. Rev.
Growth Rate		 5-Yr.
Avg. ROE.
Current 10-Yr. Range* Current 10-Yr. Range*
Peer Company Averages (not incuding RDSA) 7.61 4.09 » 17.97 1.60 1.31 » 8.31 24.57% 22.59%
*10 year range does not include current year values
Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR PBR $130.7 Billion $51.54 7.96 2.02 » 14.01 1.93 0.57 » 7.69 31.15% 28.36%
ENI Spa E $127.8 Billion $63.81 5.03 3.64 » 8.60 0.75 1.34 » 6.20 20.41% 23.42%
ConocoPhillips COP $125.2 Billion $82.38 4.25 3.05 » 21.93 0.59 0.70 » 3.67 27.70% 18.22%
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A RDSA $119.5 Billion $68.58 4.68 4.48 » 6.26 0.00 0.00 » 0.00 n/a 24.25%
Schlumberger Limited SLB $117.6 Billion $98.00 14.49 9.39 » 33.98 4.32 3.61 » 21.13 11.55% 25.20%
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp ADS SNP $86.6 Billion $99.93 6.31 2.36 » 11.34 0.42 0.31 » 2.85 32.06% 17.76%
Ockham's Rating: Not Set
Current
Rating on:
RDSA

Ockham's Rating

While we only use easily attainable data in order to evaluate a stock, at this time our minimum data requirements have not been met. Coverage on Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A will resume when we have the proper data.

Key Fundamentals

RDSA - Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A Fundamentals
Price (8/27/2008 4:03 PM) $70.01
Volume (8/27/2008 4:03 PM) 1.6 Million
10 Day Average Volume 1.6 Million
13 Week Price Range $66.70 - $84.85
52 Week Price Range $64.89 - $88.73
LTM Revenue $396.6 Billion
 
Shares Outstanding (12/2007) 3.1 Billion
Market Capitalization $119.5 Billion
Shares Held By Institutions 242.8 Million
Insitutional Holders 763
% Shares Held By Institutions 13.70%
Earnings Per Share (EPS) $9.98
P/E Ratio 6.50
Book Value Per Share $42.23
 
Gross Margin 19.00%
Quarterly Dividend 3.20
Dividend Yield 4.70%
Beta 1.33
Fiscal Year Ends December

About Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A is considered to operate in the Basic Materials sector. They specifically operate in the Major Integrated Oil/Gas business segment contained within the Energy industry.

The Company consists of the upstream businesses of exploration and production and gas and power and the downstream businesses of oil sands, oil products and chemicals.