TotalEnergies (TTE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SHEL or TTE?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $79.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $70.75, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Given TotalEnergies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
TotalEnergies	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer SHEL or TTE?

In the previous week, Shell had 23 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Shell and 10 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.27 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TotalEnergies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHEL or TTE?

Shell received 268 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 28.17% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 288 64.57%	Underperform Votes 158 35.43%
TotalEnergies	Outperform Votes 20 28.17%	Underperform Votes 51 71.83%

Is SHEL or TTE more profitable?

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to TotalEnergies' net margin of 5.83%. Shell's return on equity of 18.30% beat TotalEnergies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.83%	13.83%	6.44%
TotalEnergies	9.52%	18.30%	7.65%

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

28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by 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 preferable valuation & earnings, SHEL or TTE?

TotalEnergies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shell	$323.18B	0.72	$19.36B	$5.42	13.43
TotalEnergies	$218.95B	0.79	$21.38B	$8.86	8.25

Which has more volatility and risk, SHEL or TTE?

Shell has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHEL or TTE a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Shell pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies pays out 26.5% 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 and TotalEnergies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Shell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Shell beats TotalEnergies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.