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Hi, if you recall about 2 uears ago the buybacks were at £24&, so yes high. But if theat hadn't happened the dividend would have probably gone all together. Need the results in 2 weeks to push share price back towards £16, which appears to be the ceiling

Ill keep this brief. No. The dividend is due increase by 4% a year , until debt is paid down . then RDS will review the situation. With cv19 still killing people & variants emerging , I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for any instant rising of dividend. RDS share price in steady decline & as I've said b4 , this year the massive recovery is laughable. Its just based on hope. Don't get me wrong, its a good buy for a 2-3 year hold. But £17 is looking about the best well see this year.

Hi all. Hope your all well during the cv19 madness. I'm not sure how long some of you have been posting or reading posts on here, so ill clarify some points. Cv19 continues to kill people , cases still rising again in USA & italy & Spain. I don't follow it daily but I don't believe Boris or the health secretary in what they say. Ditto BBC & sky news who report what their told to.
If like me your a longterm holder of RDS you'll know that its got to the high £14s only to fall back on each occasion , about 5 time since the huge falls of 2020. On these occasions many have predicted £20 for last year & 2021 . £16 isn't a massive rise if the so called called mega recovery many have predicted happens. Ill say here & now no £20 f

I've never blame RDS or anny other companies for me buying them. No one held a gun to my head whilst buying RDS, Vodafone, Barclay's, Saintsbury's, & a few others. I take full responsibility. But what I respond to on all these companies are the del boys who in RDS case quote £20 at the drop of a hat. That's my beef. It simply won't make that this year. I think your missing my point. I've said repeatedly buying RDS at last 6 months level is a good investment. But anyone hoping to see big dividend rises & £20 are living in cloud cuckoo land.

Well it seems one by one , your becoming to realize there's no recovery this year. No one can bring cv19 under control. Its just the same crap coming from the same government figures. Remember they said you can't recatch cv19 , yet Boris has had a jab. And im not on about his american bit of stuff. No £20 this year. Just hope for next year, which wiill probably take a good kicking.

Would anyone know the procedure , as my dividend for my B shares went into my hsda account , but nothing for my A SHARES. I've never experienced a late dividend from any company , ever b4. Thank everyone.

Hi, hope your keeping well. Its just another day , with cv19 still raging, still many deaths + new cases. This when cv19 over is still a long way off. Are the vaccines as effective as stated, I doubt it. But cv19 is a long way from being eradicated IMO & RDS will keep suffering while it isn't. I still think this year will be a write off & the so called big bang of financial bonanza will be put back & back. 3rd wave on the horizon. So no recovery any time soon. 3 months down already, no end in sight. Results may bring some respite, but reality will then kick in. Its all dell boy stuff, this time next year. Who knows what this time next year will bring. No one, but theirs no magic wand or £20 this year.

Well the fall goes on. Well stock markets go up to go down. Oil price fallen back sharply. Need to get to results in 5 weeks, but where share price will be then , who knows. Shares never rise uniformly, so a sell off had to come, but its where its running from that's the difficulty. I don't buy this everything will be great when cv19 ends. The recovery just won't happen this year IMO. They just can't stop cv19. I watched the cricket in India last week , where they allowed over 15,000 to attend 3 matches. No social distance, no masks = no crowds for next matches. Who on earth allows this. Its not rocket science that suddenly there's a huge rise in cases in this region of India. You couldn't make it up. So when restrictions ease, expect the same results worldwide. Ask any scientists this. How many people who have received the jab have still died from cv19 & not 1 will answer. It goes without saying its a long way back for shell & the recent woes in Nigeria etc won't help. No £20 this year. It looks a long way off, especially with the current dividend , decreasing with the dollars slow death ever down.

Yet again for the 5th time the £15 high soon sees a sell off. The folly that everything will be sweet & light by year end is based on hope & nothing more. I don't buy the magic wand & they all lived happily ever after. The Nigeria fiasco needs to be ended asap. It highlights the pitfalls that always rear their ugly head. Results in 6 weeks will hopefully push SP back up, but where will it be running up from. That's the problem. The 4% dividend rise as been gobbled up by a falling dollar, so in may 2020 we got 12.7. We now see 11.96. ¢. No big investors will see that has attractive. The recent rises have been great. But I think £18 would now look a good bet & outcome for 2021.

I recall Steve, the morning anchor on cnbc.' Saying on the last RDS update, the OP now has little upside to the SP. He showed graphs over the last year to prove his point, showing total & a few other oil majors.
It would be great to push on past £15 & on to £16 b4 results. Then hopefully then on to £17 after. Time will tell. I suppose the 4? divi rise will keep our hope up for more divi rises . stay safe everyone.

Hi, hope your keeping safe. Thanks so much for that information. I didn't know about the 15% withholding when I first bought rdsa. With the B's now trading at 60p less , I may well swap them over at some point, if we hit £16 by results in late April. Have a lovely & thanks.

Can someone please explain generally, when buying A & B shares on the open market, not for a shares isa, but ordinary shares. If you have A shares can you sell them & immediately buy B shares, has their cheaper & you get 15% more dividend. Or am I misunderstanding some previous posts, has I may intend to do just that in the near future. Thanks for reading .

Nice rise today so far. U S jobs report may put a fly in the ointment. Nice to see so much upbeat people on here. I certainly hope we can kick on over the coming months. But let's get passed £15 , then see how it goes from there.
On a different note, who misses Trump. Come on, hands up. The silence on twitter now can't be good for their SP. The silence from USA is deafening. It's back to politics in the USA & it's odd to adjust back from the American wrestling style of Trump. Judging by the look of Biden, I'd be amazed if he makes 4 years under that pressure. How many Presidents have died on the job. I suppose Clinton tried his best too, judging by the stories. Well let's hope we can be a little more light hearted this year.

Here we go down. I expect a further fall once US markets open. That's the usual pattern on results days with a fall. I'd guess it will finish down around 4%&, but if could have been alot worse.
Going forward, perhaps a little lower over the next few weeks , as the situation becomes more visibly apparent. The dividend rose next update is gobbled up by the dollar falling continuing. That Steve guy on CNBC , showed how the rising oil price wasn't matched with oil shares rising, but falling. A rarity in past markets. So oil prices can rise steeply but if no one's buying profits are not going to rise. I expect a better update next time, but not hugely. Most CEO'S ON TV today said, the light at the end of the tunnel is still visible, but is clearly now further away. And that's it in a nutshell. While cv19 rages , you can add another 6 months till any marked improvement. But of course your still open to all other macro, world problems.

Well i sure hope your right. But people have been saying that for 10 months & still no end in sight. So i won't be holding my breath. No one knows what the history holds.

Well footsie keeps rising this week but RDS down all 3 days. Yes this could provide a good buying opportunity. BP & Exxon headlines didn't make good reading, especially has I saw on Bloomberg that the so called Exxon , chevron talk was just placed in the press to deflect from Exxon's operation loss. BP fell 3%. On their years loss. I'd take that for RDS at end of play Thursday, but I bet it will will well in excess of that knowing my luck. Nearer 8-10%. Let's hope I wrong. Everyday theirs good & bad news regarding vivid, but the bottom line is the end is no where in site. Human beings work on the basis of seeing light at the end of the tunnel. For cv19 & RDS, I'm afraid their isn't any light, just hope & talk. Beginning to look like this year is mirroring 2020. They say it's the hope that kills you. I think RDS holders can concur with that sentiment.

Best joke of the year contest over already in January. Their is no magic wand. That would win the Perrier award at the Edinburgh fringe contest. £25 , this time next year rodders. Yeah right.

Well a sell off for some reason or other was always gonna come. It could prove a good top up opportunity. But bear in mind the results next week. Bad news could put share price below £11 . I said a month ago a sell off of 10%+ was on the cards, has did a few analysts on CNBC. Of course crammer on CNBC disagreed. He belongs on the wrestling channel he's so over the top 1 day & so understated the next. I quote him saying cv19 will be gone by April. Then a short while later, everyone will get cv19. 1 day a few of the FAANGS will go bang, bigtime. The huge rise of them in USA gives very false impression of many markets, though I suppose the FAANGS have done well within the nightmare of covid, what with online shopping & people being at on on the phones constantly. It's next week that concerns me. Cv19 is still raging. The it can't last forever brigade & everyday is a day closer to the end of cv19. Yes, that's true, but the reality is that day just keeps getting further & further away. Has for RDS this year. More chance of Aston villa winning the champions league within 3 years. Next week is pivotal to what high price will be achieved in 2021. Over to van beuran to see if he can pull another rabbit from the hat.

1 thing I know is stock markets , share prices go up to go down, ignoring the FAANGS, . When shell A hit £15 a 7 month high I thought a sell off would come. That's the 3rd time it's nearly got to £15, then down alot. We need a hike in dividend has the dollar weakness took out the last 4% rise. Van burden needs to preform another rabbit out the hat next Thursday. Yes it could provide good buying opps, unless I buy of course. So it's a nervous time.

A fall back from the near £15 was pretty inevitable . The problems of the past year have lessened in many areas. Russia v Saudi spat seems over for now, with some OPEC members even making concessions. Trump has finally gone out the White House. Not sure what Biden will bring to the party, but a less traumatic 4 years will surely ensue. It's amazing how many supporters trump has in Britain. But ultimately he was the voice of hate that is social media imo. My big concern his the upcoming update next week. We've already had big writedowns, so a fall next Thursday could plunge the SP back down to £11. Let's hope it goes up on results. Has I said b4 Xmas vivid is far far from over & their is no magic wand for cv19 or RDS SP. No doubt the del boys will look to the back end of summer, but I still think theirs more crap from cv19 to come. Let's hope I'm entirely wrong.