An Earnings Beat: Europe’s largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell plc reported earnings per ADS (on a current cost of supplies basis, excluding items – the market’s preferred measure) of $1.28, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.24 and the year-ago profit of 92 cents. Higher realized commodity prices led to the outperformance.
Estimate Revision Trend & Surprise History: The stock had seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter earnings being revised 14.8% upward over the last 30 days.
Coming to earnings surprise history, the blue-chip company has a good record: its beaten estimates in three of the last four quarters, as shown in the chart below:
Revenues: Revenues of $91,114 million were 24.3% above the first-quarter 2017 sales of $73,311 million and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $81,020 million.
Key Stats: Upstream segment recorded a profit of $1,551 million (excluding items) during the quarter, soaring from the paltry $540 million (adjusted) achieved in the year-ago period. Shell’s upstream volumes averaged 2,867 thousand oil-equivalent barrels per day (MBOE/d), 5% lower than the year-ago period. At $60.66 per barrel, the group’s worldwide realized liquids prices were 25% above the year-earlier levels while natural gas prices were up 13%.
In the downstream segment – that focuses on refining, marketing and retailing – the Anglo-Dutch super-major reported adjusted income of $1,687 million, 32.2% less than the $2,489 million earned in the year-ago period.
The Integrated Gas unit reported adjusted income of $2,439 million, more than doubling from the $1,181 million in January-March quarter of 2017.
However, the oil major’s operating cash flow fell to $9,427 million, down by a marginal 1% from the year-earlier level.
Zacks Rank: Currently, Royal Dutch Shell carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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An Earnings Beat: Europe’s largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell plc reported earnings per ADS (on a current cost of supplies basis, excluding items – the market’s preferred measure) of $1.28, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.24 and the year-ago profit of 92 cents. Higher realized commodity prices led to the outperformance.
Estimate Revision Trend & Surprise History: The stock had seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter earnings being revised 14.8% upward over the last 30 days.
Coming to earnings surprise history, the blue-chip company has a good record: its beaten estimates in three of the last four quarters, as shown in the chart below:
Revenues: Revenues of $91,114 million were 24.3% above the first-quarter 2017 sales of $73,311 million and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $81,020 million.
Key Stats: Upstream segment recorded a profit of $1,551 million (excluding items) during the quarter, soaring from the paltry $540 million (adjusted) achieved in the year-ago period. Shell’s upstream volumes averaged 2,867 thousand oil-equivalent barrels per day (MBOE/d), 5% lower than the year-ago period. At $60.66 per barrel, the group’s worldwide realized liquids prices were 25% above the year-earlier levels while natural gas prices were up 13%.
In the downstream segment – that focuses on refining, marketing and retailing – the Anglo-Dutch super-major reported adjusted income of $1,687 million, 32.2% less than the $2,489 million earned in the year-ago period.
The Integrated Gas unit reported adjusted income of $2,439 million, more than doubling from the $1,181 million in January-March quarter of 2017.
However, the oil major’s operating cash flow fell to $9,427 million, down by a marginal 1% from the year-earlier level.
Zacks Rank: Currently, Royal Dutch Shell carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
(You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.)
Check back later for our full write up on this Royal Dutch Shell earnings report later!
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It could become the mother of all technological revolutions. Apple sold a mere 1 billion iPhones in 10 years but a new breakthrough is expected to generate more than 27 billion devices in just 3 years, creating a $1.7 trillion market.
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It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
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