SHEL vs. TTE, BP, WDS, MRO, BPT, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, and GTE
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Melrose Industries (MRO), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Shell vs. Its Competitors
Shell (LON:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 595.3%. 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.
Shell has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,158.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.
37.3% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by 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 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.
In the previous week, Shell had 10 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Shell and 5 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.48 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Shell and TotalEnergies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SHEL) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff