THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
APRIL 23, 2010
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–The following is a summary of analysts’ forecasts for Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSB) first-quarter results, based on a poll of 12 analysts by Dow Jones Newswires (in million USD, target price in pence, production in kboe/d, according to IFRS). Earnings figures are scheduled to be released April 28.
=== CCS Earnings Production Target 1st Quarter adjusted(a) (kboe/d) Price Rating AVERAGE 3,976 3,401 2,128 Prev. Year 3,010 3,395 n.a. +/- in % +32 +0.2 n.a. MEDIAN 3,956 3,413 2,100 Maximum 4,210 3,480 2,350 Minimum 3,716 3,228 2,000 Amount 12 12 9 Barclays 4,182 3,480 2,350 Equalweight Benchmark Cap. 3,809 3,228 -- Sell Citigroup 3,957 3,396 2,200 Buy DnB NOR 3,941 3,375 -- Buy Exane BNP Par. 4,156 3,446 2,150 Outperform ING 3,954 3,419 2,020 Hold Keijser Capital 4,210 3,477 2,100 Hold Morgan Stanley 4,015 3,428 2,000 Underweight Oddo 3,716 3,406 2,050 Add Oppenheimer 3,947 3,274 -- Perform Societe Generale 3,800 3,399 2,230 Buy UniCredit 4,030 3,480 2,050 Hold ===
Year-earlier figures are as reported by the company.
(a) Clean cost of supplies.
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