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TotalEnergies Is a Dirt-Cheap Energy Giant Flying Under the Radar

BUY - TTE

TTE
TTE - Price Chart
Entry: $87.14
$75.13$83.00$90.88Entry $87.14Jun 29Aug 13Aug 27

TotalEnergies Is a Dirt-Cheap Energy Giant Flying Under the Radar

Signal: BUY | Score: 67.62/100

TTE is trading at under 11x earnings with a nearly 5% dividend yield, and the market is basically shrugging. That's your opportunity. This integrated oil major just put up $57B in quarterly revenue, has a forward PE of just 9.1, and is sitting 7% below its 52-week high with strong momentum building. The setup here is clean.

The Setup

TTE closed at $87.89, well off its 52-week low of $57.39 but still below the $94.17 high set earlier this year. That gap to the high is your upside runway. RSI is sitting at 61 - healthy momentum without being overbought. The momentum score of 73.75 is the strongest component in this model, which tells you the price trend is your friend right now. This looks like a trend continuation play, not a desperation bounce.

The Catalyst

The Q2 2026 earnings report on July 23 was the key event. Revenue came in at $57.1B, clearing the $55.13B estimate by nearly $2B. Yes, EPS of $2.68 missed consensus by $0.13 - but dig one layer deeper and you find adjusted net income of $6.0B and first-half net income up 72% year over year. That is not a broken story. That is a company generating enormous cash while the market fixates on a small headline miss. Q1 2026 was even cleaner - EPS of $2.45 beat by 15%, with adjusted net income up 29% from Q1 2025. Two quarters of strong cash generation, revenue beats, and the stock is still trading under book value relative to peers. Add in the $350M Malaysia asset divestment announced July 2 as a signal that management is actively pruning the portfolio and redeploying capital. Next earnings are October 29, giving this trade 80 days of runway before the next catalyst.

Bull Case

  • Analyst consensus target sits at $95.00, representing 8% upside from current levels plus you collect a 4.94% dividend yield while you wait.
  • Forward PE of 9.1 with a PEG ratio of 0.7 means you are paying growth-at-a-discount prices for a $195B revenue machine.
  • Revenue growth of 27.8% year over year is not what most people expect from a "boring" energy major. The repricing here is real.

Bear Case

  • Debt-to-equity of 48 is elevated and worth watching if rates stay high or oil prices soften meaningfully.
  • Sentiment score of 50 is neutral at best, meaning there is no crowd momentum pushing this higher yet - you may need patience.

The Trade

  • Entry: $87.89
  • Target: $95.00
  • Stop Loss: $82.00
  • Risk/Reward: roughly 1:1.2, improved meaningfully by the 4.94% dividend cushion
  • Timeframe: 60 to 90 days

*This is one person's analysis, not financial advice. Always do your own research.*