Suncor Energy (SU) Competitors

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

Is SU or TTE a better dividend stock?

Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Suncor Energy pays out 45.5% 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. Suncor Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SU or TTE?

67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SU or TTE?

TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than Suncor Energy. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suncor Energy, 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
Suncor Energy	$54.91B	0.80	$4.39B	$3.47	10.26
TotalEnergies	$191.63B	0.73	$15.76B	$5.94	9.87

Does the media refer more to SU or TTE?

In the previous week, TotalEnergies had 8 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for TotalEnergies and 18 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.85 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Suncor Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TotalEnergies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SU or TTE?

Suncor Energy has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SU or TTE?

Suncor Energy presently has a consensus price target of $64.67, indicating a potential upside of 81.65%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $69.36, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Suncor Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suncor Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SU or TTE?

Suncor Energy received 1012 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 34.07% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Suncor Energy	Outperform Votes 1043 72.03%	Underperform Votes 405 27.97%
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 31 34.07%	Underperform Votes 60 65.93%

Is SU or TTE more profitable?

Suncor Energy has a net margin of 11.80% compared to TotalEnergies' net margin of 7.34%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 15.37% beat TotalEnergies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suncor Energy	11.80%	15.37%	7.62%
TotalEnergies	7.34%	15.22%	6.45%

Summary

Suncor Energy beats TotalEnergies on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.