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TTE Q1 Earnings and Sales Beat Estimates on Strong Realized Prices

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Key Takeaways

  • TTE delivered Q1 operating EPS of $2.45, topping the estimate of $1.99 as earnings rose 34% year over year.
  • TotalEnergies revenues rose to $49.51B, beating estimates, with realized Brent up 7% to $81.1 per barrel.
  • TotalEnergies saw big segment gains, led by Refining & Chemicals income up 431.2% to $1.6B.

TotalEnergies SE (TTE - Free Report) reported first-quarter 2026 operating earnings of $2.45 (€2.10) per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.99 by 23.1%. The bottom line improved 34% from the year-ago figure of $1.83 (€1.74).

TTE’s Total Revenues

Total revenues for the first quarter were $49.51 billion, which increased from the year-ago reported figure of $47.9 billion by 3.36%. The metric beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $46.85 billion by 5.9%.

TTE’s Q1 Production Details

In the first quarter, hydrocarbon production averaged 2,553 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, down 0.2% year over year. This year-over-year decrease was due to a natural decline in fields and the impact of ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The headwinds were offset by contributions from start-ups and the higher availability of production facilities.

In the reported quarter, liquid production averaged 1,481 thousand barrels per day, down nearly 2% year over year.

Quarterly gas production was 5,799 thousand cubic feet per day, up 3% year over year.

TTE’s Realized Price

The quarterly realized price for Brent was up 7% to $81.1 per barrel from $75.7 in the year-earlier period. The average realized liquid price was $73.7 per barrel, up 2% year over year.

Realized gas prices were down 15% year over year to $5.59 per thousand British thermal units (Btu).

Realized LNG prices were down 15% year over year to $8.48 per thousand Btu.

Highlights of TTE’s Release

Net power production was 11.7 terawatt hours in the first quarter of 2026, up 3% year over year. Nearly 70% of the power generated came from renewable sources.

Net operating income was $6.3 billion, up 31% year over year due to strong contributions from the segments.

Interest expenses were $791 million, up 9% from the prior-year period.

TotalEnergies acquired assets worth $392 million and sold assets worth $564 million.

The company repurchased 9.4 million shares worth $0.75 billion in the first quarter.

TTE’s Segmental Details

Exploration & Production’s operating earnings were $2.6 billion, up 5% from $2.5 billion in the year-ago period.

Integrated LNG’s operating income was $1.31 billion, up 2% from $1.3 billion in the year-earlier quarter.

Integrated Power’s operating income was $545 million, up 8% from $506 million in the year-ago quarter.

Refining & Chemicals’ operating income of $1.6 billion increased 431.2% from $0.3 billion in the prior-year quarter.

Marketing & Services’ operating income of $262 million improved 9% from $240 million in the first quarter of 2025.

TTE’s Financial Update

Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2026, were $25.69 billion compared with $26.2 billion as of Dec. 31, 2025. Gearing, including leases, was 20.1% at the end of the first quarter of 2026 compared with 19.7% at the end of fourth-quarter 2025.

Cash flow from operating activities in first-quarter 2026 was $3.36 billion, up 31.1% year over year.

TTE’s Guidance

Excluding the impact of the conflict in the Middle East, the production of the second quarter is expected to grow around 4% compared with the second quarter of 2025.

TTE anticipates investing $15 billion in 2026, including sizeable investments for low-carbon energies.

TTE’s Zacks Rank

TotalEnergies currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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