Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Issue Dividend of $0.47 (RDSB)

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON:RDSB) declared a dividend on Thursday, July 27th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Monday, September 18th. This represents a yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 10th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

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Shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON RDSB) traded down 0.72% on Friday, reaching GBX 2145.50. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,716,383 shares. The company’s market capitalization is GBX 176.21 billion. Royal Dutch Shell Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 1,869.25 and a 1-year high of GBX 2,403.68. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 2,125.96 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,163.95.

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RDSB has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. J P Morgan Chase & Co reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 2,600 ($33.75) price target on shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc in a report on Wednesday, June 14th. Barclays PLC reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 2,750 ($35.70) price objective on shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc in a report on Tuesday, July 4th. Morgan Stanley set a GBX 2,750 ($35.70) price objective on Royal Dutch Shell Plc and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 24th. Macquarie cut Royal Dutch Shell Plc to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from GBX 2,400 ($31.16) to GBX 2,150 ($27.91) in a report on Wednesday, June 21st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a GBX 1,900 ($24.67) price objective on shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc in a report on Friday, July 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Royal Dutch Shell Plc currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,411.32 ($31.30).

About Royal Dutch Shell Plc

Royal Dutch Shell plc explores for crude oil and natural gas worldwide. The company explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It also liquefies and transports gas; converts natural gas to liquids to provide fuels and other products; markets and trades in crude oil and natural gas; transports oil; extracts bitumen from mined oil sands and converts it to synthetic crude oil; and generates electricity from wind energy.