Royal Dutch Shell plc: Time to Move On from This Oil Giant?

Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-B), one of the world's largest integrated oil and natural gas companies, have handily bested shares of the company's peers so far this year. However, although the dividend yield Shell offers investors is still huge at over 5.7%, it's no longer as great a deal as it once was -- which is why you should be asking if it's time to move on from this oil giant. Here's what you need to know.

Two issues that have dogged Shell in recent years are debt and project execution. Things got particularly bad on the debt side when the oil major decided to spend roughly $50 billion to buy BG Group during the oil downturn; that pushed debt up by around 50% in 2016 alone. Other oil companies used their balance sheets during the downturn to support capital investments and dividends, but Shell's move was bold and potentially risky.

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