TTE vs. SHEL, BP, PBR, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, CVE, and EXE
Should you be buying TotalEnergies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TotalEnergies include Shell (SHEL), BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Chesapeake Energy (EXE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
TotalEnergies vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
TotalEnergies has a net margin of 7.34% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 15.22% beat Shell's return on equity.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shell has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell received 278 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 30.95% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.
Shell presently has a consensus target price of $79.11, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. TotalEnergies has a consensus target price of $72.42, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given TotalEnergies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.
In the previous week, Shell had 15 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Shell and 15 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Shell's score of 0.95 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 36.0% 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.
28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shell beats TotalEnergies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TTE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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