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SHEL vs. TTE, BP, PBR, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, EXE, WDS, and CVE

Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Shell vs.

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

Shell has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 7.34% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 15.22% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell5.57% 12.75% 6.01%
TotalEnergies 7.34%15.22%6.45%

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 47.8% 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. TotalEnergies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Shell currently has a consensus target price of $78.35, suggesting a potential upside of 18.03%. TotalEnergies has a consensus target price of $69.36, suggesting a potential upside of 17.83%. 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
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
TotalEnergies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

Shell has higher revenue and earnings than TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shell$281.07B0.71$16.09B$4.3415.30
TotalEnergies$191.63B0.74$15.76B$5.949.91

Shell received 285 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 34.07% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShellOutperform Votes
316
66.25%
Underperform Votes
161
33.75%
TotalEnergiesOutperform Votes
31
34.07%
Underperform Votes
60
65.93%

28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% 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.

In the previous week, Shell had 30 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shell and 17 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Shell's score of 0.97 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Shell beats TotalEnergies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SHEL vs. The Competition

MetricShellCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$199.68B$7.65B$7.28B$19.37B
Dividend Yield4.25%23.98%10.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio13.2210.4254.3534.23
Price / Sales0.717.6223,751.1234.85
Price / Cash4.137.3835.5017.51
Price / Book1.121.573.534.69
Net Income$16.09B$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.13%-1.77%-1.21%-1.34%
1 Month Performance2.65%4.78%7.90%9.79%
1 Year Performance-7.03%-16.75%175.33%3.27%

Shell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHEL
Shell
4.0391 of 5 stars
$66.38
-0.4%
$78.35
+18.0%
-7.0%$199.68B$281.07B13.2282,000Trending News
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.9918 of 5 stars
$59.31
-0.6%
$69.36
+17.0%
-18.0%$142.20B$191.63B8.91101,300Positive News
BP
BP
3.2695 of 5 stars
$29.27
-1.7%
$35.28
+20.5%
-21.6%$79.48B$187.21B365.9865,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9697 of 5 stars
$12.04
+0.1%
$17.47
+45.2%
-20.5%$77.56B$88.72B4.7045,100Dividend Increase
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.7569 of 5 stars
$23.09
-2.3%
$20.85
-9.7%
-16.5%$64.44B$106.80B7.4221,100Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8114 of 5 stars
$30.40
-1.0%
$63.00
+107.3%
-20.5%$63.67B$44.80B11.809,740Positive News
E
ENI
2.291 of 5 stars
$30.15
-0.1%
$31.60
+4.8%
-6.7%$50.89B$88.43B18.0532,700
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7268 of 5 stars
$35.30
-1.0%
$59.20
+67.7%
-11.6%$43.54B$54.91B10.2316,600Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
2.7381 of 5 stars
$113.58
-0.4%
$125.33
+10.4%
N/A$27.04B$5.34B70.131,000
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8023 of 5 stars
$14.00
-0.6%
N/A-25.8%$26.57B$13.18B17.074,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9387 of 5 stars
$13.47
-1.8%
$25.75
+91.2%
-34.1%$24.54B$58.12B11.136,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SHEL) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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