TTE vs. SHEL, BP, PBR, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, EXE, and CVE
Should you be buying TotalEnergies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TotalEnergies include Shell (SHEL), BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
TotalEnergies vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
Shell presently has a consensus target price of $79.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. TotalEnergies has a consensus target price of $72.42, suggesting a potential upside of 15.31%. Given TotalEnergies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Shell.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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.
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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Shell has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shell had 22 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Shell and 21 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.77 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Shell received 278 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 30.95% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.
Summary
Shell beats TotalEnergies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TTE) was last updated on 3/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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