TotalEnergies (TTE) Competitors

TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) and Shell (LON:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk 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 592.4%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Shell shares are held by company 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.

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 refer more to TTE or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 16 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Shell and 2 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.57 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TotalEnergies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shell	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	5.35
Shell	£357.18B	0.55	£18.82B	£200.69	13.06

Do analysts recommend TTE or SHEL?

Shell has a consensus price target of GBX 3,225, suggesting a potential upside of 23.09%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TTE or SHEL?

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

Summary

TotalEnergies and Shell tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.