Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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

Is SHEL or TTE a better dividend stock?

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 592.4%. 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.

Do analysts recommend SHEL or TTE?

Shell currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,225, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	4 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

Is SHEL or TTE more profitable?

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
Shell	5.27%	8.38%	5.28%
TotalEnergies	9.14%	20.09%	6.35%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SHEL or TTE?

37.3% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SHEL or TTE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shell	£357.18B	0.55	£18.82B	£200.69	13.00
TotalEnergies	£24.80T	0.00	£2.27T	£9.97	5.35

Does the media refer more to SHEL or TTE?

In the previous week, Shell had 12 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Shell and 3 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.50 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TotalEnergies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEL or TTE?

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

Summary

Shell and TotalEnergies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.