Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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

Is TTE or SHEL a better dividend stock?

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 618.2%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Shell pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, TTE or SHEL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTE or SHEL?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TotalEnergies	N/A	N/A
Shell	Outperform Votes 59 32.42%	Underperform Votes 123 67.58%

Is TTE or SHEL 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
TotalEnergies	9.14%	20.09%	6.35%
Shell	5.27%	8.38%	5.28%

Does the media favor TTE or SHEL?

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 0.25 beat Shell's score of -0.17 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer TTE or SHEL?

Shell has a consensus price target of GBX 3,325, suggesting a potential upside of 36.24%. 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
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TTE or SHEL?

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
TotalEnergies	£24.80T	0.00	£2.27T	£9.97	5.12
Shell	£357.18B	0.51	£18.82B	£200.69	12.16

Summary

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