SHELL PLC SHEL
SPON ADS · ADR · CUSIP 780259305 · ISIN US7802593050
British multinational oil and gas company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($49.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $59.35. Options: 31 managers hold calls ($793.2m notional), 28 hold puts ($500.5m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,101 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,185 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,195 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,206 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 472 | 485 |
| Q1 2023 | 525 | 475 |
| Q2 2023 | 493 | 498 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $613.0m | $331.7m | 0.54 |
| Q4 2022 | $830.1m | $538.9m | 0.65 |
| Q1 2023 | $955.1m | $516.8m | 0.54 |
| Q2 2023 | $793.2m | $500.5m | 0.63 |
Biggest buyers
| Pale Fire Capital SE | New | +5.4m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +3.3m |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +3.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | +1.4m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +1.2m |
| Westwood Global Investments, LLC | Added | +904.8k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +874.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | New | +680.4k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Added | +608.5k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -19.8m |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -7.4m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Ruffer LLP | Sold out | -922.6k |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC | Sold out | -912.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -875.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $138.2m2.3m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $111.7m1.8m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $98.6m1.6m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $75.4m1.3m shares |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | $50.3m832.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $36.1m597.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $34.8m576.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $30.6m507.2k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $25.8m427.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $23.2m383.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $134.2m2.2m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $74.2m1.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $51.4m851.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $37.9m637.0k shares |
| BlackRock Inc. | New | $33.5m554.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $31.7m524.8k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $24.4m404.2k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $20.9m346.6k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $11.4m188.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $10.9m180.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q2 2023.
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.45% of their portfolio | 23.3m $1.4bn | Added +402.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 22.5m $1.4bn | Reduced -19.8m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 21.9m $1.3bn | Added +497.4k |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.31% of their portfolio | 15.9m $960.3m | Added +3.1m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.92% of their portfolio | 12.5m $756.3m | Added +3.3m |
| Perpetual Ltd 2.59% of their portfolio | 10.1m $301.9m | Added +2.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 9.0m $541.7m | Reduced -150.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 7.9m $476.7m | Reduced -134.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.4m $444.9m | Added +386.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 7.3m $440.7m | Added +149.0k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 6.9m $414.3m | Added +17.9k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd 2.89% of their portfolio | 6.7m $403.9m | Reduced -154.9k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 6.7m $403.7m | Reduced -687.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.17% of their portfolio | 6.0m $364.6m | Reduced -791.6k |
| Pale Fire Capital SE 32.69% of their portfolio | 5.4m $328.0m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 5.4m $326.0m | Added +289.3k |
| Standard Investments LLC 17.39% of their portfolio | 4.6m $277.7m | Added +600.0k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 1.42% of their portfolio | 4.5m $270.7m | Reduced -91.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 4.2m $252.4m | Added +550.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.1m $245.5m | Reduced -875.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.0m $243.1m | Added +1.2m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 3.9m $234.2m | Added +1.4m |
| Amundi 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.7m $224.2m | Added +347.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.7m $221.8m | Reduced -95.9k |
| Harding Loevner LP 0.97% of their portfolio | 2.8m $166.3m | Reduced -90.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.7m $162.8m | Reduced -7.4m |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.61% of their portfolio | 2.6m $158.7m | First filing |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.5m $148.7m | Reduced -13.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.4m $145.5m | Added +8.0k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.1m $130.5m | Reduced -248.9k |
| Westwood Global Investments, LLC 6.16% of their portfolio | 2.1m $125.2m | Added +904.8k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $121.3m | Added +1.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $115.4m | Added +874.6k |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 1.9m $112.5m | Reduced -175.3k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.9m $112.2m | Unchanged |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.8m $111.5m | Added +108.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.7m $100.3m | Reduced -1.7m |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP 6.65% of their portfolio | 1.5m $91.5m | Added +74.9k |
| TODD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 2.11% of their portfolio | 1.5m $90.4m | Reduced -1.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.5m $89.1m | Added +401.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $87.5m | Reduced -83.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.4m $86.7m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $78.3m | Added +285.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $73.9m | Reduced -3.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $72.8m | Reduced -479.1k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.2m $71.1m | Added +24.7k |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 1.10% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.2m | Reduced -42.4k |
| Boston Partners 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.1m $64.4m | Reduced -85.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.1m $63.6m | Reduced -1.4m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.0m $61.8m | Reduced -21.8k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 995.2k $60.1m | Added +205.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 969.0k $58.5m | Added +25.4k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 1.17% of their portfolio | 960.9k $58.0m | Added +147.1k |
| EQUITY INVESTMENT CORP 1.79% of their portfolio | 960.5k $58.0m | Reduced -16.8k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 956.0k $57.7m | Reduced -1.1m |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 1.05% of their portfolio | 937.1k $56.6m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 1.12% of their portfolio | 880.5k $53.2m | Not comparable |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.51% of their portfolio | 879.9k $53.1m | Unchanged |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.40% of their portfolio | 872.0k $52.7m | Added +495.3k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 834.9k $50.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 819.8k $49.5m | Reduced -8.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.04% of their portfolio | 817.0k $49.3m | Reduced -17.1k |
| Energy Income Partners, LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 809.8k $48.9m | Added +8.9k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.19% of their portfolio | 787.0k $47.5m | Added +608.5k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 769.4k $46.5m | Added +45.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 742.4k $44.8m | Added +115.4k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 721.5k $43.6m | Added +138.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 705.2k $42.6m | Reduced -87.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 680.4k $41.1m | New |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 672.2k $40.6m | Reduced -282.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 670.9k $40.5m | Reduced -30.1k |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 665.6k $40.2m | Reduced -54.4k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 613.1k $37.0m | Added +124.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.42% of their portfolio | 597.1k $36.1m | Reduced -62.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 581.2k $35.1m | Added +59.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 580.7k $35.1m | Reduced -171.9k |
| Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. 1.05% of their portfolio | 577.9k $17.4m | Reduced -220.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 575.9k $34.6m | Reduced -31.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 570.5k $34.4m | Added +5.5k |
| Aventail Capital Group, LP 3.47% of their portfolio | 565.4k $34.1m | New |
| PENN DAVIS MCFARLAND INC 6.06% of their portfolio | 563.4k $34.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 556.8k $33.6m | Added +31.1k |
| Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 0.81% of their portfolio | 556.3k $33.6m | Unchanged |
| CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 553.9k $33.4m | Reduced -20.1k |
| TruWealth Advisors, LLC 2.41% of their portfolio | 464.0k $28.0m | Reduced -2.6k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 441.0k $26.6m | Added +35.2k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 425.1k $25.7m | Unchanged |
| Willis Investment Counsel 1.67% of their portfolio | 424.8k $25.7m | Added +164 |
| L1 Capital Pty Ltd 3.08% of their portfolio | 424.3k $25.6m | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 418.2k $25.2m | Added +4.1k |
| Huber Capital Management LLC 6.01% of their portfolio | 413.9k $25.0m | Added +6.8k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 0.13% of their portfolio | 411.6k $24.9m | Reduced -21.4k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.48% of their portfolio | 401.0k $24.2m | Added +10.1k |
| Foundry Partners, LLC 1.46% of their portfolio | 393.8k $23.8m | Added +26.1k |
| CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 0.54% of their portfolio | 387.5k $23.4m | Reduced -5.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 369.8k $22.3m | New |
| Teilinger Capital Ltd. 7.87% of their portfolio | 360.0k $21.7m | Added +290.8k |
| NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD. 2.08% of their portfolio | 350.0k $21.1m | Reduced -77.6k |
| SIR Capital Management, L.P. 2.31% of their portfolio | 348.5k $21.0m | Reduced -38.0k |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 0.67% of their portfolio | 345.2k $20.8m | Reduced -30.8k |