CEG vs SHEL vs SU Stock Comparison

Constellation Energy, Shell and Suncor Energy Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SHEL Shell plc
$106.91 +11.6% 1M +41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$310.40B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.08B
Div. yield
0.03%
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
5 wins
SU Suncor Energy Inc
$79.48 +16.5% 1M +99.5% 1Y
Market cap
$94.55B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
-$3.60B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Shell leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Shell 5, Suncor Energy 4, Constellation Energy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCEGSHELSULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $93.18B $310.40B $94.55B SHEL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 12.8x 6.9x SU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.5x 9.0x 8.6x SU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.0% -15.6% -108.8% CEG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.1% 14.4% — SHEL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.5% 13.1% — SHEL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 0.4x 0.5x SHEL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% -0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.1% +41.0% +99.5% SU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +16.4%/yr +28.3%/yr SU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.6% 22.8% 27.5% SHEL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 63/100 64/100 CEG

Percentile Scorecard

CEGSHELSU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCEGSHELSU
Valuation 57 #11 of 24 54 #46 of 99 74 #27 of 99
Growth 96 #2 of 23 73 #27 of 97 65 #35 of 97
Profitability 86 #4 of 23 65 #34 of 96 72 #28 of 96
Financial Health 48 #13 of 24 62 #39 of 102 75 #26 of 102
Shareholder Returns 58 #9 of 20 61 #30 of 76 35 #50 of 76
Overall 69 63 64
  • CEG ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation
  • SHEL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • SU ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCEGSHELSUSPY
1 month -4.1%+11.6%+16.5% -0.8%
3 months -6.5%+23.8%+24.2% +3.5%
6 months -19.9%+23.0%+23.3% +7.0%
Year to date -28.5%+45.5%+79.2% +12.2%
1 year -35.1%+41.0%+99.5% +13.0%
3 years +127.9%+61.1%+144.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +31.6%+17.2%+34.8% +23.1%
5 years —+113.9%+247.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+16.4%+28.3% +11.0%
10 years —+113.5%+169.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+7.9%+10.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCEGSHELSUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.6%22.8%27.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.1%23.1%28.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.44-0.15-0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.721.803.63 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.8%-25.0%-37.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.1%-1.2%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $401.43$108.17$79.48 $779.14
52-week low $236.50$70.31$39.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCEGSHELSU
P/E now vs peer median 26.2xmedian 24.4x 12.9xmedian 13.5x 7.1xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.7x 1.8xmedian 2.1x -26.4xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.7xmedian 11.3x 4.3xmedian 5.9x 11.4xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 290.1xmedian 12.9x -3.3xmedian 11.0x 4.8xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.1x 1.7xmedian 1.5x 2.0xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.44median 0.59 0.93median 2.27 0.19median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCEGSHELSU
Revenue $31.27B $169.08B -$3.60B
Gross profit – $99.74B –
Operating income $4.60B $65.44B $1.71B
Net income $3.48B $17.88B $8.93B
Free cash flow $309.00M -$92.27B $19.78B
R&D – $1.14B –
EPS (diluted) $9.63 $8.18 $11.22
Cash & equivalents $697.00M $31.37B $5.37B
Total debt $24.70B $73.08B $9.85B
Shares (diluted) 360.00M 2.97B 1.22B
Enterprise value $84.08B $240.15B $80.30B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCEGSHELSU
P/E 26.2x 12.9x 7.1x
P/FCF 290.1x -3.3x 4.8x
P/Operating cash flow 21.3x 6.2x 6.0x
P/S 2.9x 1.8x -26.4x
P/B 2.8x 1.7x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 1.8x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 13.7x 4.3x 11.4x
EV/EBIT 24.7x 6.4x 58.2x
EV/Revenue 3.6x 2.0x -27.6x
EV/FCF 367.7x -3.6x 5.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.0x 6.8x 6.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.44 0.93 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCEGSHELSU
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.0% -15.6% -108.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 2.2% -27.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -4.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.7% 223.8% 18.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 111.3% 39.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 15.2% 98.6% 57.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 66.0% 111.8% 13.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 0.4% 42.2% 55.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.2% 13.9% 36.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 822.4% 0.2% 9.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.4% -6.7% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 112.9% -27.1% 5.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.9% 17.1% 17.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCEGSHELSU
Gross margin – 59.0% –
EBITDA margin 26.4% 45.9% –
Operating margin 14.7% 38.7% –
Pretax margin 16.3% 23.6% –
Net margin 11.1% 14.4% –
FCF margin 1.0% -54.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 13.5% 29.1% -438.8%
Return on equity 10.6% 10.1% 29.1%
Return on assets 3.6% 4.7% 14.6%
Return on invested capital 5.5% 13.1% –
Return on capital employed 5.4% 17.8% 2.1%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 2.7x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – -3.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCEGSHELSU
Debt / assets 25.1% 19.2% 10.4%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.4x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 0.4x 0.5x
Debt / FCF 79.9x -0.8x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 67.5% 52.5% 49.2%
Equity / assets 32.5% 47.5% 50.8%
Interest coverage 5.9x 11.0x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.4x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.1x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.47 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCEGSHELSU
Dividend yield 0.7% 2.8% 3.0%
Net buyback yield – 6.4% -3.8%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 9.2% -0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 47.9% 31.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – -9.3% 14.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -1.4% -0.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.1% -1.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCEGSHELSU
Forward P/E 20.5xFY2026 9.0xFY2026 8.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.32FY2026 $11.84FY2026 $9.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.2%FY2026 +87.9%FY2026 +173.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.8% -7.6% -18.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $31.63BFY2026 $336.52BFY2026 $45.53BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.9%FY2026 +26.1%FY2026 +27.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% +0.1% -11.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCEGSHELSU
Held by institutions 79.8% 13.0% 65.2%
Institutions holding 1,843 1,522 752
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.9% +0.0% -5.1%
Institutions buying 1,002 679 367
Institutions selling 579 535 252
Buyers to sellers 1.73 1.27 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CEGSHELSU
CEG 1.00 0.03 -0.04
SHEL 0.03 1.00 0.66
SU -0.04 0.66 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CEG, SHEL and SU?

Shell (SHEL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Constellation Energy (CEG) $93.18B, Shell (SHEL) $310.40B, Suncor Energy (SU) $94.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, CEG, SHEL and SU?

Suncor Energy (SU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Constellation Energy (CEG) 26.9x, Shell (SHEL) 12.8x, Suncor Energy (SU) 6.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Suncor Energy (SU) is cheapest (Constellation Energy (CEG) 20.5x, Shell (SHEL) 9.0x, Suncor Energy (SU) 8.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Constellation Energy (CEG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Constellation Energy (CEG) +26.0%, Shell (SHEL) -15.6%, Suncor Energy (SU) -108.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Shell (SHEL) has the highest net margin (Constellation Energy (CEG) 11.1%, Shell (SHEL) 14.4%). On return on invested capital, Shell (SHEL) leads (Constellation Energy (CEG) 5.5%, Shell (SHEL) 13.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Suncor Energy (SU) returned the most: Constellation Energy (CEG) -35.1%, Shell (SHEL) +41.0%, Suncor Energy (SU) +99.5%. Over five years, Suncor Energy (SU) compounded fastest (Shell (SHEL) +16.4%/yr, Suncor Energy (SU) +28.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Constellation Energy (CEG) 0.00%, Shell (SHEL) 0.03%, Suncor Energy (SU) -0.03%. Constellation Energy (CEG) and Suncor Energy (SU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Shell (SHEL) has been the steadiest (Constellation Energy (CEG) 48.6%, Shell (SHEL) 22.8%, Suncor Energy (SU) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CEG, SHEL and SU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Shell (SHEL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.