TTE vs. SHEL, BP, WDS, MRO, BPT, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, and GTE
Should you be buying TotalEnergies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TotalEnergies include Shell (SHEL), 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.
TotalEnergies vs. Its Competitors
TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) and Shell (LON:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 593.3%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.
Shell has a consensus target price of GBX 3,287.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Shell had 15 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Shell and 5 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.12 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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
TotalEnergies and Shell tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TTE) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
