Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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

Is SHEL or TTE a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Shell pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TotalEnergies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SHEL or TTE?

TotalEnergies has lower revenue, but higher 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	$296.76B	0.69	$19.36B	$4.86	13.59
TotalEnergies	$218.95B	0.64	$21.38B	$7.05	8.46

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SHEL or TTE?

28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHEL or TTE more profitable?

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 7.78% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.17%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 15.93% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.17%	14.54%	6.86%
TotalEnergies	7.78%	15.93%	6.75%

Do analysts recommend SHEL or TTE?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.19%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $78.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.00%. Given TotalEnergies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or TTE?

Shell received 273 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.85% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 30.38% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 297 64.85%	Underperform Votes 161 35.15%
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 24 30.38%	Underperform Votes 55 69.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEL or TTE?

Shell has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SHEL or TTE?

In the previous week, Shell had 8 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Shell and 15 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Shell's score of 0.69 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TotalEnergies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Shell beats TotalEnergies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.