Shell (RYDAF) Beginning Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)

Shell has reported Beginning Cash Balance for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$2.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Beginning Cash Balance fell 11.14% year-over-year to -$2.8 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$12.1 billion (down 13.44% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$11.8 billion, down 22.06% from the prior year.
• Beginning Cash Balance for Q1 2026 stood at -$2.8 billion, down from -$2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Beginning Cash Balance was -$1.2 billion in Q3 2022, with the low at -$4.2 billion in Q2 2024.
• Historically, Beginning Cash Balance has averaged -$2.6 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$2.5 billion in 2022.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Beginning Cash Balance surged 71.76% — and 2023, when it slumped 187.62%.
• Shell's Beginning Cash Balance stood at -$2.2 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 82.86% to -$4.1 billion in 2023, then soared by 34.29% to -$2.7 billion in 2024, then grew by 9.31% to -$2.4 billion in 2025, then retreated by 15.65% to -$2.8 billion in 2026.
• The last three Beginning Cash Balance figures came in at -$2.8 billion (Q1 2026), -$2.4 billion (Q4 2025), and -$2.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.