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The company is rather diverse with interests in LNG, LPG, gas and nuclear power generation, coal, solar, refining, shipping, and chemicals manufacturing to complement is dominant upstream activities. It operates in more than 130 countries and is one of the biggest producers of natural gas.
Most of the “easy” oil in the world has been produced, sold and consumed. Companies like TOTAL are forced to explore for oil in deeper water and in higher risk countries, and this trend will continue into the future. TOTAL has a number of operations in Africa as well as Iran and Russia, and has invested heavily in deep water, oil sands and LNG.
In the future, EPS growth will come predominantly from an increase in the price of oil (and the price of natural gas) as growth in production is getting harder and harder to come by. In the shorter term the price direction of oil is not clear. As Europe slides into a recession, demand for oil, at least from that region, will decline and the price of oil may drop as a result. But over the longer term it is hard to see the price of oil going anywhere but up. Oil production is becoming a more expensive exercise as time goes by, and new oil discoveries are mostly a lot smaller than the sort of discoveries enjoyed in the 20th century.
As with most resource companies, the larger the company the lower the cost to produce per unit volume. These economies of scale often make the bigger oil & gas producers more attractive an investment. That and their enormous cashflow. TOTAL has generated total Free Cash Flow over the last 5 years of over $87B versus total net earnings over the same period of $76B. Its net debt to equity is a very manageable 26%.
Quality Rating
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TOTAL achieves a poor quality rating predominantly due to lack of growth and declining profitability. Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) all have similar Quality Ratings to TOTAL.
Intrinsic Value
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Value Investing involves, at the basic level, the buying of high quality companies at a share-price that is at a meaningful discount to Intrinsic Value. Neither criterion is met with TOTAL, so Value Investors would likely not be interested in the stock.
The above graph indicates that TOTAL has lifted its game recently after a few years of declining performance. The future performance of TOTAL is heavily dependent on the price of oil – if the price of oil sky rockets as many predict it will over the next 5 or 10 years, so does the performance of TOTAL. If the oil price drops, stays the same or increases only slightly, TOTAL will struggle to achieve decent growth or profitability.
Conclusion
Investors who believe the price of oil over the longer term (10 years+) is going up will be interested in TOTAL due to its large amounts of proved oil and oil equivalents and its aggressive exploration and project development. The stock is paying a dividend yield of 2.7% on current prices. Value Investors will be keen to see a Margin of Safety prior to an investment, and as such will want to wait to see how things play out with the impending European recession.
Regards,
James Ranson
james@usastockvaluation.com
Recent TTE News
- Long-term LNG Sales in China: TotalEnergies Will Supply 1.25 Million Tons Per Year to CNOOC until 2034 • Business Wire • 09/19/2024 07:12:00 AM
- Ventes long terme de GNL en Chine : TotalEnergies fournira 1,25 million de tonnes par an à CNOOC jusqu’en 2034 • Business Wire • 09/19/2024 07:12:00 AM
- Ventes long terme de GNL en Turquie : TotalEnergies fournira 1,1 million de tonnes par an à BOTAŞ pendant 10 ans • Business Wire • 09/18/2024 07:48:00 AM
- Long Term LNG Sales in Türkiye: TotalEnergies Will Supply 1.1 Million Tons Per Year to BOTAŞ for 10 Years • Business Wire • 09/18/2024 07:48:00 AM
- TotalEnergies : Déclaration des Transactions sur Actions Propres • Business Wire • 09/16/2024 10:45:00 PM
- TotalEnergies: Disclosure of Transactions in Own Shares • Business Wire • 09/16/2024 10:45:00 PM
- Décarbonation : TotalEnergies s’engage dans le premier fonds japonais dédié au développement de l’hydrogène bas carbone • Business Wire • 09/12/2024 04:38:00 PM
- Decarbonization: TotalEnergies Joins the First Japanese Fund Dedicated to the Development of Low-carbon Hydrogen • Business Wire • 09/12/2024 04:38:00 PM
- TotalEnergies: Disclosure of Transactions in Own Shares • Business Wire • 09/09/2024 08:17:00 PM
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- Form 424B5 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(5)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 09/04/2024 10:13:49 PM
- Form 424B5 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(5)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 09/03/2024 11:59:44 AM
- Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 09/03/2024 10:01:09 AM
- India: TotalEnergies to Invest in a New Solar Portfolio of over 1 GW with Adani Green • Business Wire • 09/03/2024 06:14:00 AM
- Inde : TotalEnergies investit dans un nouveau portefeuille solaire de plus d’1 GW avec Adani Green • Business Wire • 09/03/2024 06:14:00 AM
- Déclaration des Transactions sur Actions Propres • Business Wire • 09/02/2024 04:57:00 PM
- Disclosure of Transactions in Own Shares • Business Wire • 09/02/2024 04:57:00 PM
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- United Kingdom: TotalEnergies Launches a Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Project to Supply Renewable Electricity to an Offshore Oil & Gas Platform in the North Sea • Business Wire • 08/29/2024 06:41:00 AM
- TotalEnergies : Déclaration des Transactions sur Actions Propres • Business Wire • 08/26/2024 04:04:00 PM
- TotalEnergies: Disclosure of Transactions in Own Shares • Business Wire • 08/26/2024 04:04:00 PM
- Nominations au Comité exécutif de TotalEnergies • Business Wire • 08/26/2024 09:55:00 AM
- Appointments to the Executive Committee at TotalEnergies • Business Wire • 08/26/2024 09:55:00 AM
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