TotalEnergies (TTE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TTE or SHEL?

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TTE or SHEL?

Shell received 285 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.03% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 32.18% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 28 32.18%	Underperform Votes 59 67.82%
Shell	Outperform Votes 313 66.03%	Underperform Votes 161 33.97%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TTE or SHEL?

16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TTE or SHEL 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
TotalEnergies	7.34%	15.22%	6.45%
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%

Is TTE or SHEL a better dividend stock?

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TotalEnergies pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 57.0% 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.

Do analysts rate TTE or SHEL?

TotalEnergies currently has a consensus price target of $69.42, suggesting a potential upside of 22.11%. Shell has a consensus price target of $77.73, suggesting a potential upside of 20.49%. Given TotalEnergies' higher possible upside, 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07

Does the media favor TTE or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 5 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Shell and 22 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Shell's score of 0.58 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TotalEnergies	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shell	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, TTE or SHEL?

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
TotalEnergies	$195.61B	0.70	$15.76B	$6.66	8.54
Shell	$284.31B	0.68	$16.09B	$5.02	12.85

Summary

Shell beats TotalEnergies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.