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SHEL vs XOM

Side-by-side comparison of Shell PLC (SHEL) and ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (XOM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Energy sector. SHEL focuses on Oil & Gas Production, while XOM focuses on Integrated oil Companies.
  • XOM is the larger of the two at $680.05B, about 2.5x SHEL ($270.69B).
  • Over the past year, SHEL is up 28.1% and XOM is up 41.1% - XOM leads by 13.0 points.
  • SHEL has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for XOM).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceSHEL+28.07%XOM+41.08%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-11
MetricSHELXOM
Company
Shell PLC
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
Price
-
-
Market cap
$270.69B
$680.05B
1M return
-4.98%
-4.25%
1Y return
+28.07%
+41.08%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Integrated oil Companies
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2022
News (4w)
11
9
Recent ratings
25
25
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.

XOM

ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation

ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy and petrochemical companies, creates solutions that improve quality of life and meet societys evolving needs. The corporations primary businesses - Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions - provide products that enable modern life, including energy, chemicals, lubricants, and lower emissions technologies. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading portfolio of resources, and is one of the largest integrated fuels, lubricants, and chemical companies in the world. ExxonMobil also owns and operates the largest CO2 pipeline network in the United States. In 2021, ExxonMobil announced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission-reduction plans for 2030 for operated assets, compared to 2016 levels.