Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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

Is SHEL or TTE more profitable?

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
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%
TotalEnergies	7.34%	15.22%	6.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHEL or TTE?

Shell received 280 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 31.76% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 307 65.60%	Underperform Votes 161 34.40%
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 27 31.76%	Underperform Votes 58 68.24%

Do analysts prefer SHEL or TTE?

Shell currently has a consensus price target of $80.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $72.42, indicating a potential upside of 11.29%. Given TotalEnergies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.15
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is SHEL or TTE a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 36.8% 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SHEL or TTE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shell	$284.31B	0.78	$16.09B	$5.02	14.52
TotalEnergies	$195.61B	0.80	$15.76B	$6.66	9.77

Does the media prefer SHEL or TTE?

In the previous week, Shell had 48 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Shell and 27 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Shell's score of 0.87 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	39 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TotalEnergies	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SHEL or TTE?

Shell has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHEL or TTE?

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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