Analyzing Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) and TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE)

TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for TotalEnergies and Okeanis Eco Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TotalEnergies	1	8	9	0	2.44
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	3	2	1	2.67

TotalEnergies currently has a consensus price target of $92.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.04%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus price target of $59.52, suggesting a potential downside of 23.93%. Given TotalEnergies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Okeanis Eco Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares TotalEnergies and Okeanis Eco Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TotalEnergies	8.29%	15.66%	6.35%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	56.92%	62.06%	30.15%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.5% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $21.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.8%. TotalEnergies pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 195.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Risk and Volatility

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okeanis Eco Tankers has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TotalEnergies and Okeanis Eco Tankers”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TotalEnergies	$201.20 billion	1.10	$13.13 billion	$7.99	11.51
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$391.55 million	7.80	$122.95 million	$10.72	7.30

TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than Okeanis Eco Tankers. Okeanis Eco Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TotalEnergies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of 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 Okeanis Eco Tankers

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., a shipping company, owns and operates tanker vessels worldwide. It operates a fleet of 14 tanker vessels comprising six modern Suezmax tankers and eight modern VLCC tankers focusing on the transportation of crude oil. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Neo Faliro, Greece.