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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Which has preferable 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	$191.63B	0.74	$15.76B	$5.94	9.99
Shell	$281.07B	0.72	$16.09B	$4.34	15.44

Is TTE or SHEL a better dividend stock?

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TotalEnergies pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 65.9% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TTE or SHEL?

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TTE or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 30 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shell and 17 mentions for TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Shell's score of 0.91 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TotalEnergies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shell	27 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do analysts rate TTE or SHEL?

TotalEnergies presently has a consensus price target of $69.36, suggesting a potential upside of 16.87%. Shell has a consensus price target of $78.35, suggesting a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTE or SHEL?

Shell received 285 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 34.07% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 31 34.07%	Underperform Votes 60 65.93%
Shell	Outperform Votes 316 66.25%	Underperform Votes 161 33.75%

Summary

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