TTE vs. SHEL, CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, E, COP, BP, EQNR, and ENB
Should you be buying TotalEnergies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TotalEnergies include Shell (SHEL), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), and Enbridge (ENB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Shell has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Shell had 40 more articles in the media than TotalEnergies. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Shell and 10 mentions for TotalEnergies. Shell's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.41 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 3.3%. 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.
Shell currently has a consensus price target of $79.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.69%. TotalEnergies has a consensus price target of $70.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.95%. Given TotalEnergies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than TotalEnergies.
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.
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.
Summary
Shell beats TotalEnergies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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