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

Shell (SHEL) has reported Beginning Cash Balance for 18 consecutive years, with -$2.8 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• Beginning Cash Balance for Q1 2026 came in at -$2.8 billion, down 11.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$12.1 billion (down 13.44% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$11.8 billion, down 22.06% from the prior year.
• Beginning Cash Balance was -$2.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Shell, down from -$2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Beginning Cash Balance peaked at -$1.2 billion in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$4.2 billion in Q2 2024.
• Average Beginning Cash Balance over 5 years is -$2.6 billion, with a median of -$2.5 billion recorded in 2022.
• Year-over-year, Beginning Cash Balance jumped 71.76% in 2022 and plunged 187.62% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Beginning Cash Balance stood at -$2.2 billion in 2022, then slumped by 82.86% to -$4.1 billion in 2023, then soared by 34.29% to -$2.7 billion in 2024, then gained by 9.31% to -$2.4 billion in 2025, then dropped by 15.65% to -$2.8 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Beginning Cash Balance figures were -$2.8 billion in Q1 2026, -$2.4 billion in Q4 2025, and -$2.8 billion in Q3 2025.