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

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

Shell vs. Its Competitors

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

TotalEnergies currently has a consensus target price of $69.96, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. Shell has a consensus target price of $78.54, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Given TotalEnergies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TotalEnergies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. TotalEnergies pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 65.9% 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 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
TotalEnergies$214.55B0.71$15.76B$5.9410.62
Shell$289.03B0.73$16.09B$4.3416.45

16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Shell had 8 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Shell and 15 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Shell's score of 0.48 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 6.60% compared to Shell's net margin of 4.75%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 14.47% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TotalEnergies6.60% 14.47% 6.09%
Shell 4.75%11.71%5.51%

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TotalEnergies beats Shell on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SHEL vs. The Competition

MetricShellOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$213.84B$70.12B$7.62B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.98%5.88%10.91%3.71%
P/E Ratio16.45100.7661.3628.10
Price / Sales0.731.7621,883.7638.21
Price / Cash4.354.8336.2422.53
Price / Book1.211.093.344.58
Net Income$16.09B$5.03B$4.21B$986.06M
7 Day Performance0.59%4.73%1.85%2.79%
1 Month Performance5.80%5.30%5.87%5.46%
1 Year Performance-2.52%-6.67%103.16%15.06%

Shell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHEL
Shell
3.6165 of 5 stars
$71.40
-1.2%
$78.54
+10.0%
-2.2%$213.84B$289.03B16.4598,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.7555 of 5 stars
$61.18
-0.5%
$69.36
+13.4%
-9.8%$146.69B$214.55B10.30102,887Analyst Forecast
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
4.7295 of 5 stars
$12.51
+1.1%
$17.40
+39.1%
-10.9%$80.62B$91.42B9.3445,100
BP
BP
3.7296 of 5 stars
$29.90
-1.5%
$34.72
+16.1%
-16.4%$80.35B$194.63B-65.0065,900
EQNR
Equinor ASA
3.2464 of 5 stars
$25.11
flat
$22.71
-9.5%
-11.9%$70.13B$103.77B7.9521,100Analyst Downgrade
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.5752 of 5 stars
$31.45
flat
$63.00
+100.3%
-11.3%$65.79B$30.30B12.339,740Positive News
E
ENI
1.9469 of 5 stars
$32.35
-0.4%
$31.60
-2.3%
+1.3%$54.61B$98.71B19.3732,700
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7454 of 5 stars
$37.42
-0.5%
$64.67
+72.8%
-1.6%$45.75B$54.91B10.7816,600Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8213 of 5 stars
$15.39
-0.2%
N/A-19.4%$29.22B$13.18B18.774,380News Coverage
Positive News
EXE
Expand Energy
4.002 of 5 stars
$117.07
-1.6%
$127.55
+9.0%
N/A$27.86B$4.24B-21.841,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8506 of 5 stars
$13.65
flat
$25.75
+88.6%
-29.7%$24.70B$39.62B12.766,000Positive News

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