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

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

Shell vs. Its Competitors

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

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Shell pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 53.7% 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 price target of $76.71, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $66.95, suggesting a potential upside of 4.23%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
TotalEnergies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

Shell has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Shell's net margin of 4.93%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 13.59% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell4.93% 10.67% 5.02%
TotalEnergies 6.20%13.59%5.64%

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$289.03B0.74$16.09B$4.4416.50
TotalEnergies$214.55B0.72$15.76B$5.5111.66

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Shell had 23 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Shell and 16 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Shell's score of 0.96 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TotalEnergies
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$215.30B$75.22B$7.82B$21.19B
Dividend Yield3.97%6.01%11.00%3.59%
P/E Ratio16.5020.5072.7529.15
Price / Sales0.741.8024,767.9454.81
Price / Cash4.364.6835.9423.84
Price / Book1.181.054.055.43
Net Income$16.09B$5.31B$4.27B$992.10M
7 Day Performance1.81%3.67%1.45%2.53%
1 Month Performance2.78%2.66%1.51%2.43%
1 Year Performance2.51%-1.30%10.30%12.98%

Shell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHEL
Shell
3.3808 of 5 stars
$73.24
+1.0%
$76.71
+4.7%
+1.7%$215.30B$289.03B16.5098,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TTE
TotalEnergies
2.9695 of 5 stars
$61.65
-0.9%
$66.95
+8.6%
-7.8%$147.88B$214.55B11.19102,887Positive News
BP
BP
3.8688 of 5 stars
$33.98
-1.0%
$36.39
+7.1%
+1.4%$89.62B$194.63B161.79100,500Analyst Forecast
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
4.6935 of 5 stars
$12.10
+0.2%
$17.40
+43.9%
-19.7%$77.88B$91.42B5.6549,185News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.2441 of 5 stars
$24.48
-0.3%
$22.71
-7.2%
-7.2%$72.07B$103.77B8.1324,641Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.7387 of 5 stars
$29.82
-0.1%
$62.00
+107.9%
-15.5%$62.29B$30.30B10.5710,640Positive News
E
ENI
1.733 of 5 stars
$34.97
-0.7%
$31.60
-9.6%
+10.2%$59.01B$98.71B21.5832,492Dividend Cut
SU
Suncor Energy
4.834 of 5 stars
$38.57
-0.8%
$66.00
+71.1%
-3.1%$46.94B$37.32B11.8615,010Positive News
Options Volume
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
3.0645 of 5 stars
$17.43
-0.4%
N/A-2.5%$33.07B$13.18B21.244,667Positive News
Dividend Increase
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.6815 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.7%
$23.33
+56.2%
-19.3%$26.85B$39.62B14.787,150News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
EXE
Expand Energy
4.6229 of 5 stars
$93.35
-1.9%
$127.92
+37.0%
N/A$22.14B$4.24B238.381,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:SHEL) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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