SHEL vs. TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, and MPC
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) and Shell (NYSE:SHEL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
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.
In the previous week, Shell had 23 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Shell and 14 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.11 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TotalEnergies pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 48.6% 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. Shell has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Shell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Shell received 266 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.41% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 28.17% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.
TotalEnergies presently has a consensus target price of $70.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.28%. Shell has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.67%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.
13.2% 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 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.
TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.19% compared to TotalEnergies' net margin of 5.99%. Shell's return on equity of 19.61% beat TotalEnergies' return on equity.
TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shell beats TotalEnergies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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