Comparing TotalEnergies (TTE) & Its Peers

TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare TotalEnergies to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for TotalEnergies and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TotalEnergies	1	6	9	2	2.67
TotalEnergies Competitors	5982	26999	40857	2423	2.52

TotalEnergies presently has a consensus target price of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.97%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.72%. Given TotalEnergies’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TotalEnergies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TotalEnergies’ rivals have a beta of -3.75, suggesting that their average share price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $4.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. TotalEnergies pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -125.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. TotalEnergies lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares TotalEnergies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TotalEnergies	9.61%	19.08%	7.72%
TotalEnergies Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TotalEnergies and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TotalEnergies	$214.40 billion	$13.13 billion	8.80
TotalEnergies Competitors	$273.12 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.95

TotalEnergies’ rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

TotalEnergies rivals beat TotalEnergies on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies SE, a multi-energy company, produces and markets oil and biofuels, natural gas, green gases, renewables, and electricity in France, rest of Europe, North America, Africa, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Exploration & Production, Integrated LNG, Integrated Power, Refining & Chemicals, and Marketing & Services. The Exploration & Production segment is involved in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The Integrated LNG segment comprises the integrated gas chain, including upstream and midstream liquified natural gas (LNG) activities, as well as biogas, hydrogen, and gas trading activities. The Integrated Power segment includes generation, storage, electricity trading, and B2B-B2C distribution of gas and electricity. The Refining & Chemicals segment consists of refining, petrochemicals, and specialty chemicals. This segment also includes oil supply, trading, and marine shipping activities. The Marketing & Services segment supplies and markets petroleum products. The company was formerly known as TOTAL SE and changed its name to TotalEnergies SE in June 2021. TotalEnergies SE was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France.