SHEL vs. TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, ENB, and SLB
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Enbridge (ENB), and Schlumberger (SLB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.83%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 18.30% beat Shell's return on equity.
28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% 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.
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.
In the previous week, Shell had 19 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Shell and 12 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Shell's score of 0.32 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shell received 268 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 28.17% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.
Shell currently has a consensus target price of $79.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. TotalEnergies has a consensus target price of $70.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Shell pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 26.5% 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.
Shell has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shell beats TotalEnergies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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