Shell (SHEL) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Shell's Return on Sales [ROS] was 28.46% in Q2 2026, up 8.58 percentage points from 19.89% a year earlier and up 5.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Shell (SHEL) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Shell's Return on Sales [ROS] was 23.74% through Jun 30, 2026, up 21.67 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -10412.05%, down 10354.75 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -10330.79 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was -57.30% in FY2024 (+1.70 pp), -59.00% in FY2023 (-6.93 pp), -52.07% in FY2022 (+7.67 pp) and -59.75% in FY2021 (+21.52 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in three of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +20.67 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 85.35 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2024 (a drop of 65.89 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 694.97 Bn | 658.18 Bn | - | 16.94% |
| 2 | Shell | 570.13 Bn | 500.87 Bn | 92.16 Bn | 88.17% |
| 3 | Chevron | 418.82 Bn | 396.62 Bn | 33.45 Bn | -28.44% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 189.94 Bn | 73.07 Bn | 61.77 Bn | 24.82% |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 176.22 Bn | 126.56 Bn | - | 5.19% |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 161.10 Bn | 133.81 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 53.17% |
| 7 | Phillips 66 | 110.98 Bn | 99.96 Bn | 8.38 Bn | -74.35% |
| 8 | Equinor Asa | 107.54 Bn | 22.06 Bn | - | 36.94% |
| 9 | Canadian Natural Resources | 103.35 Bn | 100.30 Bn | 15.40 Bn | 88.80% |
| 10 | Suncor Energy | 86.21 Bn | 72.00 Bn | - | 3.43% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 88.17% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.27% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.89% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 21.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 44.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -29.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -63.81% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.22% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 23.84% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.87% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -60.87% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -0.95% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -129.17% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 3.68% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -71.75% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -62.63% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 6.65% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -101.28% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -68.22% |
API Access
Shell Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SHEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "SHEL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SHEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();