Growth Metrics

Shell (SHEL) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Shell filings provide 15 years of Retained Earnings readings, the most recent being $153.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 676.73% to $153.5 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $153.5 billion, a 676.73% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $153.5 billion, up 676.73% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings hit $153.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Shell, up from $19.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $153.5 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$17.7 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was $19.8 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $39.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: tumbled 193.37% in 2022 and later surged 676.73% in 2025.
  • Shell's Retained Earnings stood at $18.9 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 193.37% to -$17.7 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 219.76% to $21.1 billion in 2023, then decreased by 6.52% to $19.8 billion in 2024, then surged by 676.73% to $153.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were $153.5 billion (Q4 2025), $19.8 billion (Q4 2024), and $21.1 billion (Q4 2023) per Business Quant data.