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BP vs SHEL

Side-by-side comparison of BP p.l.c. (BP) and Shell PLC (SHEL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Energy sector. BP focuses on Integrated oil Companies, while SHEL focuses on Oil & Gas Production.
  • SHEL is the larger of the two at $270.69B, about 2.3x BP ($118.49B).
  • Over the past year, BP is up 22.7% and SHEL is up 28.1% - SHEL leads by 5.4 points.
  • SHEL has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for BP).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceBP+22.67%SHEL+28.07%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-11
MetricBPSHEL
Company
BP p.l.c.
Shell PLC
Price
-
-
Market cap
$118.49B
$270.69B
1M return
-6.81%
-4.98%
1Y return
+22.67%
+28.07%
Industry
Integrated oil Companies
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2022
News (4w)
8
11
Recent ratings
25
25
BP

BP p.l.c.

BP p.l.c. engages in the energy business worldwide. It operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, Customers & Products, and Rosneft segments. It produces and trades in natural gas; offers biofuels; operates onshore and offshore wind power, and solar power generating facilities; and provides de-carbonization solutions and services, such as hydrogen, and carbon capture, usage and storage. The company is also involved in the convenience and mobility business, which manages the sale of fuels to wholesale and retail customers, convenience products, aviation fuels, and Castrol lubricants; and refining, supply, and trading of oil products, as well as operation of electric vehicle charging facilities. In addition, it produces and refines oil and gas; and invests in upstream, downstream, and alternative energy companies, as well as in advanced mobility, bio and low carbon products, carbon management, digital transformation, and power and storage areas. BP p.l.c. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

SHEL

Shell PLC

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such ase low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services, as well as electricity storage. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.