Total SA (TOT): Today's Featured Energy Winner

Total (TOT) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Total rose 54 cents (1.2%) to $47.05 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.4 million shares of Total exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $46.40-$47.15 after having opened the day at $46.47 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.51. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were: Synergy Resources Corporation (SYRG), up 6.5%, GeoMet (GMET), up 5.7%, Vantage Drilling (VTG), up 5.4%, and EXCO Resources (XCO), up 5.2%.

TOTAL S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated oil and gas company worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Chemicals. Total has a market cap of $112.02 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.2, above the average energy industry P/E ratio of 6.7 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Total a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Total as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, Tri-Valley Corporation (TIV), down 13.4%, Apco Oil and Gas International (APAGF), down 7.8%, TransGlobe Energy Corporation (TGA), down 7.5%, and Compressco Partners (GSJK), down 6.3%, were all losers within the energy industry with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) being today's energy industry loser.

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