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Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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GBX 2,633.50 +30.50 (+1.17%)
As of 03/14/2025 12:48 PM Eastern

SHEL vs. TTE, BP, WDS, MRO, BPT, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, and GTE

Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Melrose Industries (MRO), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Shell vs.

Shell (LON:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Shell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,325, indicating a potential upside of 26.26%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
TotalEnergies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Shell received 59 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShellOutperform Votes
59
32.42%
Underperform Votes
123
67.58%
TotalEnergiesN/AN/A

In the previous week, Shell had 2 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shell and 3 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Shell's score of 0.29 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
TotalEnergies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Shell has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.27%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 20.09% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell5.27% 8.38% 5.28%
TotalEnergies 9.14%20.09%6.35%

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 549.7%. Shell pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 3,168.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than Shell. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shell£357.18B0.56£18.82B£200.6913.12
TotalEnergies£24.80T0.01£2.27T£9.975.76

37.3% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TotalEnergies beats Shell on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SHEL vs. The Competition

MetricShellOil & Gas Integrated IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£198.31B£63.55B£4.80B£2.60B
Dividend Yield5.43%5.88%9.22%4.87%
P/E Ratio13.126.7990.06157.28
Price / Sales0.5612.87116,020.33303,566.06
Price / Cash4.625.7072.3028.22
Price / Book0.871.703.084.53
Net Income£18.82B£231.25B£10.30B£5.79B
7 Day Performance3.09%0.96%0.70%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-1.51%2.29%-5.59%2.51%
1 Year Performance3.34%-3.11%12.54%33.53%

Shell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHEL
Shell
3.5677 of 5 stars
GBX 2,633.50
+1.2%
GBX 3,325
+26.3%
+3.3%£198.31B£357.18B13.12103,000
TTE
TotalEnergies
N/AGBX 56.40
-0.7%
N/A-8.3%£123.77B£24.80T5.65101,300Dividend Announcement
BP
BP
3.5749 of 5 stars
GBX 413.45
+1.1%
GBX 578.33
+39.9%
-12.4%£80.47B£233.22B30.8865,900High Trading Volume
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.94B£12.58B1,702.704,380
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.4964 of 5 stars
GBX 490
-0.3%
GBX 640
+30.6%
-14.2%£6.33B£3.41B-165.721,570
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.2145 of 5 stars
GBX 332.20
-3.9%
GBX 334
+0.5%
+25.6%£2.74B£272.35M60.35391Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 180
+0.6%
N/A-61.8%£1.10B£2.32B5.06240
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 885.50
-0.6%
N/A-0.5%£564.70M£945.01M3.661,603Dividend Announcement
Positive News
IMO
IMImobile
N/AN/AN/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 344.70
+0.9%
N/AN/A£157.27M£897.99M3.06340Gap Down
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This page (LON:SHEL) was last updated on 3/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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