Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EXE scored 64.9, TTE scored 55.5 — EXE leads.
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Different reporting periods. EXE's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but TTE's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
EXE
Expand Energy Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · Quality-Growth
64.9
$88.22 · $20.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
9.4
EXE leads
TTE
TotalEnergies SE
Oil & Gas Integrated · Quality-Growth
55.5
$86.11 · $190.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestEXE7.6x
Fastest growthEXE+188.8%
Strongest balance sheetEXE0.19
Highest qualityTTE82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueEXE-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
EXE
stronger →← stronger
TTE
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
43
72
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
49
EXE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EXE
TTE
$2.5bB
FCF
$16.2bA-
+188.8%A
Rev
-6.2%D
0.19A-
D/E
0.48B
7.6xA-
P/E
10.8xB+
0.82B+
PEG
0.65A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
EXE
TTE
49% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% below
~-10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-2%/yr
+87%
1-yr DCF upside
+18%
+97%
5-yr DCF upside
+7%
+112%
10-yr DCF upside
-7%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EXE
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cut its dividend
Cyclical growth
TTE
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
EXEExpand Energy Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · $88.22 · beta 0.40
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $20.4b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $126.62 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +189% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.82 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 27 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $123.22 (implying +40% upside).
Moat
Net margin 22% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Reserve-replacement treadmill — every barrel or ounce extracted has to be replaced through exploration or acquisition; underspending on replacement reserves shows up in production declines 2-3 years out.
TTETotalEnergies SE
Oil & Gas Integrated · $86.11 · beta 0.09
Why now
Oil & Gas Integrated · market cap $190.1b. 9% off the 52-week high of $94.17. Revenue -6% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. PEG 0.65 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $98.55 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 121% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $190.1b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Revenue contracting -6% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Reserve-replacement treadmill — every barrel or ounce extracted has to be replaced through exploration or acquisition; underspending on replacement reserves shows up in production declines 2-3 years out.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where EXE and TTE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 9.4 points in favor of EXE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueEXE 72.1 · TTE 49.1EXE +23.0
GrowthEXE 50.0 · TTE 42.6EXE +7.4
QualityEXE 75.7 · TTE 81.8TTE +6.1
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is EXE or TTE the better stock?
EXE scores higher: EXE 64.9, TTE 55.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do EXE and TTE differ most?
The widest gap is value, where EXE leads by 23 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are EXE and TTE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.