TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) vs. CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) Head-To-Head Review

TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TotalEnergies and CVR Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TotalEnergies	$214.55 billion	0.70	$15.76 billion	$6.19	10.12
CVR Energy	$7.61 billion	0.30	$7.00 million	$1.64	13.90

TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Energy. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares TotalEnergies and CVR Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TotalEnergies	6.98%	13.54%	5.56%
CVR Energy	2.26%	-6.43%	-1.31%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for TotalEnergies and CVR Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TotalEnergies	0	10	4	1	2.40
CVR Energy	4	2	0	0	1.33

TotalEnergies presently has a consensus target price of $66.96, suggesting a potential upside of 6.88%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.33%. Given CVR Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CVR Energy is more favorable than TotalEnergies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TotalEnergies beats CVR Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About CVR Energy

CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and supplies gasoline, crude oil, distillate, diesel fuel, and other refined products. This segment also owns and operates a coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in southeast Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, as well as supporting logistics assets. This segment primarily serves retailers, railroads, farm cooperatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North America that utilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer products; and a nitrogen fertilizer facility in East Dubuque, Illinois that produces nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), nitric acid, and liquid and granulated urea. This segment primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P.