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Hi. It's roughly ATM 12.7 p. It can fluctuate slightly between now + payment day of June 22nd. Shell normally announce the exact amount around 2 weeks before the 22nd June, as they take a average of the conversionrate from dollars over a week.

Yes, shares make no sense. Though I'm not complaining. Let's see what occurs when it his ex dividend. Be very interested to see where this stands in 1 to 2 months time. Buying today still gets the Divi. A reduction, yes. I'm amazed really. Though I was amazed the way it rose so quickly from £9. Can't see oil at 80 to 100 $ anytime soon..but 30 to 35 would do for a start.

I agree with your sentiments. It has been a very good time for day traders, short term opportunity etc etc. But most companies who were prudent & shelved their divis, their share prices went up. But with BP keeping the dividend, it then sent shock waves in the big investors. HSBC, maybe Barclays , doubt Lloyds, will reinstate divis near previous virus levels. But shell as re based. Their divi. It will be a long long long time before they raise it. If I was a betting man, I'd bet the dividend could be gone all together before it rises, such is the mess that is the oil industry ATM. Let's hope I'm wrong.

Let's cut to the chase. What gets so many people on here, is simple. I called the dividend cut from months back & was derided for my spelling, grammar etc etc, by small minded snobs. Who are now burning as they can't above the fact that I was correct , yet again. As I was about Tesco , Vodafone & now shell. Shells profits have been tumbling over a year. So it was touch + go before the virus & oil glut. It's simple. Falling profits mean dividend cuts & usally means bulletin board bullies getting their payback. He who laughs last etc etc. Carry on burying your head up your hole. You love giving it but you can't take it. I Was Right. Fact.

My take, for what's its worth is this. Van the man knew 3 months ago that there was every lightly hood of the dividend being cut. He was totally unconvincing in the interview with that Steve guy on CNBC. He just gave the same corporate crap that the Vodafone c e o gave weeks before they cut their Divi. Van Der burden was totally uncomfortable with the questions. It was he was being interrogated by the police. Yet on Thursday the same guy looked about 12 years younger, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Yet in view of the enormity of the dividend cut, he appeared as if he was answering questions regarding something quite trivial. Something just doesn't add up anymore with shell. The way I see it is, if this went down to £9 with the prospect of a 36p Divi, what can it plunge to with a 12p Divi. I suppose many see it as prudence to protect the balance sheet at such turbulent times. But I smell a rat.

Why would anyone wish to buy this now. Yes, some people with money to burn may see it as a good 5-10 year investment. But anyone holding around £18 & above will have to wait several years just to break even . Then your open to any new bad news. Can anyone name a share that as cut, stopped it's dividend that the share price as recovered to anywhere the levels prior to cut or cessation of Divi. Barclays, Lloyds, Vodafone, Tesco, Sainsbury's all have cut , stopped their dividend . Take a look at their share prices before & after. No where near previous high levels. So why is this gonna be any different. It won't. Can anyone explain the article that stated shell had secured a loan of 12 billion $ to help cover dividend. Seems rather odd now. Were looking at £ 8,9, going forward. Many people bought in before at £9,10, but will they be buying in at those levels now. No. Or course a few years time things could have improved alot. But as I've told many many shareholders of many companies. What share price are you running from. There's just no history of a full recovery. Some guy saying £20 in 9 months. Well everyone is entitled to their opinions, but more chance of me being the most popular person on here. No chance.

If shell hits £20 within 9 months , I'll gladly never appear on this message board again. Your living in cloud Cuckoo land. January 31st 2021. Is 9 months. So I will remind you of your prediction.

Yes, I said when share price recovered quickly from £9 that it was probably I I cunning plan to cover their losses. As soon as this pandemic is over a big sell off will come I think
It's a phoney war imo.

I've never said apple should be down. If your gonna quote me please be accurate. I said 2 of the 5 faang stocks will incur some huge setback within 2 year timeframe. I never said which 2. But shares that do really well , sooner or later, hit the buffers. As shell, HSBC prove.

Yes I was gonna take my tracksuit down the pawn shop. But when I got there the owner said you had brought yours in this morning & he bought that of you. Never ever post to aggrevate. Just make predictions. When people don't like these people , bullies, try to gang up to silence me. But when the predictions come true, the bullies hate when I point out that I was right. The truth hurts, doesn't it.

Yes, I bet that's exactly what people like you do. Have people put for telling the truth. I said, 1 by 1 you will all come around to my way of thinking. And you will. You just don't like the FACT I called it months back. Shares are about profit. No profits = no dividend for small shareholders. Or Divi cut. It's not rocket science.the next time someone who appears unintelligent, poor spelling, poor grammar, I hope you use your brain & listen to what they predict. Not how they spell.

Well, what did I tell you all months ago. Where I told you the parellells with Vodafone were huge & you shouted me down . I told you all the dividend was gonna be cut sooner rather than later. Well what have you to say now. I told you to many people on here bury their head up their hole. This will be back below £10 as sure as eggs is eggs. A rights issue is a matter of when not if in the near future I predict or some other new issue if shares. This will not see £200 now for a month of Sundays. All those posts on this & lots of other sites that never sell shell, Van Der burden doesn't want to be. The shell c e o who cuts the dividend. Shell have never cut their dividend since second world war. Well where are all you people have to say now. There will be rioting in Holland. No there won't be. Van Der burden gave the game away 3 months ago when grilled by that Steve guy on CNBC. Are you going to cut the dividend & c e o was a rabbit in the headlights. All shares , irrespective of sector are about profits, period. Shell is about oil, but it's profits that will always count. This share as I previously predicted will become a drifter share. Just like Vodafone, Barclay, loydds, Tesco , HSBC & Sainsbury's. All cut dividend and share price has never ever gone near previous levels. I can only see a range of £9 to £12 over the next few years and that's me being generous. The big sell off is coming again I fear. The only chance for any marked jump in share price or dividend increase is a merger of equals or a hostile takeover by another oily , I'm guessing £14 a share if we're lucky. Anyone waiting for £20 or over will have a long long long wait. I told Vodafone shareholders it may never make £2 again only to be derided. Well this may never see £20 again in our lifetime. I kept saying there's no magic wand. Well now you need a miracle of epic proportions. It will be pain pain & yet more pain. What really peed me off was BP not cutting their dividend & built my hopes up. Nothing against BP, good luck to their shareholders. Buying a share for the dividend doesn't work, period. I was gonna buy astrazeneca, before plumbing for shell, as that was the only share that I'd had never to have gone pear shaped. But I know 100% if I'd of bought astra shares they would have gone the same way as shell. Sods law. Someone said and as been proved correct, why buy shell when all the money's in tech. Well I'll make a prediction. Out of the faang shares, within about 2 years 2 of them will have huge setbacks of huge proportions. Don't ask me what the details will be. I'm no good at those predictions. Just wait & see.
But 18 months ago the daily mail said , shell, astra & HSBC were the best 3 shares in the footsie. I recall saving to my brother give it a while and 2 of those will have major setbacks. It's just a matter of time before the axe falls on your share. Or more precisely , mine. My brother predicted £27 in June. Well he didn't say which June. As I said to Vo

Well fair play to B P in putting their small shareholders in the money. Will shell now follow suit. Let's hope so.
It's the next quarter where the profits will surely take the pain. Will they be so generous. Only time will tell. But it seems we may dodge a bullet now, come Thursday's announcement. Still a long way back to the calm waters of £20 though. The probles are people keep saying this time next year. But when that day arrives, things are still worse. So Theron lies the problem. Oil is so violatile, that you never know what's around the corner. But the trump v Iran's spat at the start of the year that spiked oil prices up, now seems the rareity, as opposed to the constant negative macro news that as become all too familiar.

That's terribly sexist. But it's the best explanation of how complex & perplexing shares are , that I've ever heard. Theirs always some one out of hundreds who hits the nail on the head & your explanation is spot on. Probably ban us both now though.

If B P cuts it's dividend in the morning, will the share price drop. But more importantly will shell drop to. Most companies who've cut dividend have seen S P rise as it's seen as protecting the balance sheet of the company.

Well BP will spill the beans tomorrow. I expect to be some similarities to shells announcement. For anyone questioning my prediction of a dividend cut within 2 years. See a few of my posts of march 14, 15,,16 amongst many previous.

Well , with respect , I think you need to learn to read. I quoted many times the dividend will be cut for over 4 months ago that it would cut, fact. Perhaps someone reported the content of my postss and they were removed. But be in no doubt I predicted just that. Furthermore if you read my posts to that cretin called Sarah , the nursery rhyme was for her to say to her daughter , as she said & I quote, I'm off to read a nursery rhyme to her daughter. So please if your gonna quote me, please be accurate. Yes I told my brother at the time there would be no £27 by may/June this year. Not when I hold this share. Too blasise, was my exact words. As for sounding like a 5 year old, well in truth it's still 4 years older than you sound.
If the dividend is cut, this share will just exist, drift, like Barclays, Lloyds, Vodafone, Tesco, Sainsbury's etc etc. Even when the stock market was at its highest a few months back all those companies were no where near their high share prices of old & the dividends no where near the past payouts. This will follow suite if a dividend cut is forthcoming. .

I see on here & other sites, people who were 100% certain over the last few months that dividend wouldn't be cut are changing their tune. As many have stated, no one knows how it will pan out. Most companies who cut dividend due to covid, share price as gone up & conversely companies who haven't went up. Tesco's & Unilever for 2. A dividend cut would ensure this won't get anywhere near £20 for a real long time. Part Divi part scrip wouldn't be the end of the world or all scrip. Let's see what shell really think about us small shareholders. Ive been saying a dividend cut will happen for ages, so it will be no surprise to me. Over to you Mr Van Der burden.

While I agree with the vast marjoity of your sentiments. Thinking this will be back up at £20 + above anytime soon is sheer folly imo . As for the dividend. Only time will tell if it's retaied over the next 9 months etc etc. So I see this share as a big risk , as it's open to any new risks that could arise over this next year, with an already depressed share price.
The 1 thing that's always makes me laugh on these boards is when people say dyor. No amount of research could of foreseen the pandemic. Ok the trade , oil wars, maybe to an extent. Yes there, research could have been useful. But in the main , buying shares is a gamble. People who bought this at £9, 10 a share have done well. But it's still along long long way from £20. With no end to the pandemic on the horizon or a ever falling oil price to contend with its gonna take a long time to filter through. This year already looks a write off for alot of footsie company's. I'm amazed the share price as held up so well, though gas prices have taken a turn for the better of late. Dyor, or take a gamble. It's the same thing in reality. 30th will be telling as sure as eggs is eggs.

If your hell bent on buying in, Id wait another 6 to 10 days. It seems the S P is set to go lower atm as the OPEC deal hasn't had the desired affect & the virus continues . . 2 weeks tomorrow shell as it's 1st quarter update. On the last 5 the share price fell. Let's see what van der burden has to say. Meost Investors will be anxious as to if the 37p dividend is retained. This share isn't for the faint hearted ATM moment.