SHEL · story · 30 October
Shell · 24 headlines from 13 outlets, on 30 October 2026.
Shell published third-quarter results with profit above forecasts, record refining results and a $5bn buyback, and shares rose to a record.
The story's tone is the average of its headlines' own scores. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Average tone of each outlet's headlines in this story, −10 to +10. Impact = headlines × strength of tone.
GuruFocus is the largest at 10.0, ahead of Interactive Investor (10.0). MarketScreener is the smallest at 2.9.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| outlet | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Yahoo Finance | 9.2 |
| GuruFocus | 10.0 |
| TradingView | 7.9 |
| Interactive Investor | 10.0 |
| Proactive Investors UK | 10.0 |
| Yahoo Finance UK | 10.0 |
| StreetInsider | 10.0 |
| The Twelfth Magpie | 9.2 |
| MarketScreener | 2.9 |
| Shell Global | 5.0 |
| Outlet | Headlines | Average tone |
|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Finance | 9 | +9.2 |
| GuruFocus | 2 | +10.0 |
| TradingView | 2 | +7.9 |
| Interactive Investor | 1 | +10.0 |
| Proactive Investors UK | 1 | +10.0 |
| Yahoo Finance UK | 1 | +10.0 |
| StreetInsider | 1 | +10.0 |
| The Twelfth Magpie | 1 | +9.2 |
| MarketScreener | 2 | +2.9 |
| Shell Global | 1 | +5.0 |
| Outlet | Headlines | Average tone |
|---|---|---|
| Indovizka.com | 1 | +5.0 |
| The Daily Tribune News | 1 | +5.0 |
| Moomoo | 1 | +4.2 |
One or two headlines is not a lean: read these as how this story was told, not as a verdict on the outlet.
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +10.0 | Shares hit all-time high after better-than-expected results. |
| +10.0 | Strong quarter plus sizeable share repurchase programme. |
| +10.0 | Profit almost doubled on record refining margins. |
| +10.0 | Earnings beat and large buyback with solid dividend. |
| +10.0 | Share gain on buyback and cash flow ahead of forecasts. |
| +10.0 | Near-record profit helped by higher oil prices. |
| +10.0 | Shares rise on surging earnings and repurchase plan. |
| +10.0 | Earnings per share well above expectations. |
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +10.0 | Bigger repurchase programme, analyst looking at payouts. |
| +10.0 | Earnings call recap following strong quarterly performance. |
| +10.0 | Strong net income, completed acquisition, and buyback. |
| +9.2 | Record share price with strong profits, upside debated. |
| +9.2 | Sector-wide windfall profits from conflict-driven prices, Shell included. |
| +9.2 | Record profit boosts shareholder returns, valuation looks modestly cheap. |
| +7.5 | Share jump on record refining, though durability questioned. |
| +6.7 | Quarterly and nine-month results reported. |
| +6.7 | Analysis of how the earnings beat alters outlook. |
| +5.8 | Earnings summary of the quarter. |
| +5.0 | Company's own results announcement, factual. |
| +5.0 | Transcript of results call, factual. |
| +5.0 | Official quarterly results release, largely factual. |
| +5.0 | Unaudited results republished, factual. |
| +4.2 | Results press release republished, factual. |
| −0.8 | Minor exploration write-offs disclosed. |
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