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 ($70.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $70.27. Options: 33 managers hold calls ($1.1bn notional), 32 hold puts ($475.3m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,267 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,316 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,345 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,388 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,355 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,382 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,420 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,397 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 587 | 459 |
| Q4 2023 | 483 | 611 |
| Q1 2024 | 602 | 534 |
| Q2 2024 | 607 | 520 |
| Q3 2024 | 560 | 599 |
| Q4 2024 | 498 | 640 |
| Q1 2025 | 646 | 571 |
| Q2 2025 | 588 | 609 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $953.3m | $468.0m | 0.49 |
| Q4 2024 | $891.4m | $370.7m | 0.42 |
| Q1 2025 | $992.9m | $530.1m | 0.53 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.1bn | $475.3m | 0.42 |
Biggest buyers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +3.3m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | New | +1.6m |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Added | +1.6m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +1.4m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | +1.4m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +893.0k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Added | +879.8k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | Added | +877.3k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Added | +586.7k |
Biggest sellers
| GQG Partners LLC | Reduced | -2.9m |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.8m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -1.9m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -1.9m |
| Amundi | Sold out | -1.9m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -1.2m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.2m |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
Biggest calls
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $141.7m2.0m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $140.4m2.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $118.5m1.7m shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $113.5m1.6m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $85.5m1.2m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $72.0m1.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $60.2m854.8k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | $53.2m755.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $50.5m717.4k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $45.1m640.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $121.3m1.7m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $70.4m1.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $59.5m845.3k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | $27.7m393.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $21.3m302.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $19.8m281.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $19.8m281.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $19.4m276.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $15.9m225.2k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $15.3m216.8k 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 2025
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 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 94.6m $6.7bn | Added +1.2m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 26.4m $1.9bn | Added +879.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 24.2m $1.7bn | Added +893.0k |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.00% of their portfolio | 12.9m $909.2m | Reduced -2.8m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.04% of their portfolio | 9.8m $689.4m | Reduced -465.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 9.0m $634.2m | Added +447.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 7.5m $530.7m | Reduced -351.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 7.4m $519.3m | Added +122.5k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd 2.51% of their portfolio | 7.3m $516.4m | Added +877.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.05% of their portfolio | 7.2m $504.7m | Added +3.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.1m $498.2m | Added +362.0k |
| Capital World Investors 0.07% of their portfolio | 7.1m $497.9m | Added +79.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 6.5m $459.5m | Added +492.8k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.46% of their portfolio | 6.4m $451.5m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Standard Investments LLC 19.77% of their portfolio | 5.5m $385.8m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 5.5m $384.6m | Added +176.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.35% of their portfolio | 4.9m $347.6m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 1.64% of their portfolio | 4.6m $323.2m | Reduced -339.2k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.37% of their portfolio | 4.5m $318.4m | Added +1.6m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 3.7m $258.1m | Added +72.9k |
| WGI DM, LLC 13.18% of their portfolio | 3.6m $255.4m | Added +435.4k |
| Harding Loevner LP 1.57% of their portfolio | 3.3m $233.3m | Reduced -43.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $228.1m | Reduced -20.1k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.52% of their portfolio | 3.0m $212.0m | Added +1.4m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.8m $197.7m | Reduced -198.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.7m $189.2m | Added +225.1k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 1.61% of their portfolio | 2.5m $178.0m | Added +31.5k |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP 4.96% of their portfolio | 2.4m $172.3m | Added +64.8k |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP 7.50% of their portfolio | 2.3m $161.9m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.3m $161.1m | Reduced -74.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $152.6m | Added +178.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.0m $141.5m | Added +1.4m |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 1.9m $133.2m | Reduced -192.3k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.9m $130.8m | Unchanged |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $130.6m | Added +33.1k |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.7m $119.6m | Reduced -16.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $116.2m | Reduced -127.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.6m $113.7m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $111.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $109.8m | Reduced -1.4m |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 1.3m $92.6m | Added +17.3k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 1.3m $91.7m | Added +251.3k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.3m $89.9m | Added +3.4k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.2m $85.7m | Added +190.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.2m $85.3m | Reduced -103.5k |
| TODD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 1.84% of their portfolio | 1.2m $85.2m | Reduced -3.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.2m $84.6m | Reduced -52.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $79.4m | Added +176.4k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.1m $77.6m | Added +586.7k |
| EQUITY INVESTMENT CORP 1.62% of their portfolio | 1.0m $73.8m | Added +18.7k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 985.0k $69.4m | Added +17.7k |
| Boston Partners 0.07% of their portfolio | 933.5k $65.7m | Added +38.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 921.8k $64.9m | Reduced -133.8k |
| Energy Income Partners, LLC 1.27% of their portfolio | 920.8k $64.8m | Reduced -70.8k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 885.0k $62.3m | Reduced -23.5k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.10% of their portfolio | 865.0k $60.9m | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 864.2k $60.8m | Added +264.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.08% of their portfolio | 846.7k $59.6m | Reduced -22.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 834.6k $58.8m | Added +511.3k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 820.8k $57.8m | Added +8.1k |
| Yaupon Capital Management LP 3.76% of their portfolio | 804.2k $56.6m | Reduced -50.3k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 772.3k $54.4m | Added +4.4k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.43% of their portfolio | 762.2k $53.7m | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 757.4k $53.3m | Reduced -58.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 731.9k $51.5m | Reduced -32.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 731.3k $51.5m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Aventail Capital Group, LP 2.18% of their portfolio | 694.9k $48.9m | Added +305.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 675.5k $47.6m | Added +536.6k |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 0.86% of their portfolio | 635.9k $44.8m | Reduced -10.8k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 608.4k $42.8m | Added +113.3k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 605.5k $42.6m | Reduced -27.2k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 593.9k $41.8m | Added +88.5k |
| BROADWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 578.8k $578.8k | Added +570.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 550.1k $38.8m | Reduced -30.0k |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co 0.09% of their portfolio | 534.6k $37.6m | Reduced -953 |
| PENN DAVIS MCFARLAND INC 4.01% of their portfolio | 506.2k $35.6m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 499.3k $35.2m | Reduced -27.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 495.6k $34.9m | Added +492.6k |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 485.4k $34.2m | Added +25.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 466.4k $32.9m | Reduced -47.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 457.1k $32.2m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 418.2k $29.4m | Reduced -96.3k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 417.6k $29.4m | Added +23.1k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 414.9k $29.2m | Reduced -499 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 403.5k $28.4m | Reduced -369.7k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.57% of their portfolio | 399.9k $28.2m | Reduced -43.9k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 391.9k $27.6m | Added +11.3k |
| Thomasville National Bank 1.87% of their portfolio | 389.6k $27.4m | Added +14.1k |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. 0.43% of their portfolio | 382.2k $26.9m | Added +4.0k |
| Willis Investment Counsel 1.50% of their portfolio | 362.8k $25.5m | Added +24.1k |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 0.32% of their portfolio | 355.7k $25.0m | Added +1.9k |
| Creative Planning 0.02% of their portfolio | 353.6k $24.9m | Added +10.9k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 342.2k $24.1m | Added +4.7k |
| Hikari Power Ltd 2.00% of their portfolio | 341.9k $24.1m | Unchanged |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 340.1k $23.9m | Reduced -41.1k |
| CSM Advisors, LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 334.1k $23.5m | New |
| Henshaw Capital LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 334.0k $23.5m | Added +4.1k |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 333.7k $15.2m | Added +161.7k |
| TruWealth Advisors, LLC 1.29% of their portfolio | 332.5k $23.4m | Added +8.4k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 329.6k $23.2m | Reduced -36.5k |