TotalEnergies (TTE) Competitors

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

Is TTE or SHEL a better dividend stock?

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. TotalEnergies pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 62.2% 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.

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%

Do analysts prefer TTE or SHEL?

Shell has a consensus target price of GBX 3,158.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.39%. 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TTE or SHEL?

TotalEnergies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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	£187.12B	0.01	£2.27T	£5.52	9.69
Shell	£272.01B	0.59	£18.82B	£2.24	1,221.91

Does the media favor TTE or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 11 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Shell and 5 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Shell's score of 0.36 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TotalEnergies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shell	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

32.4% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TTE or SHEL?

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