SLB vs. HAL, FTI, NOV, TDW, OII, HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, and TTI
Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), and TETRA Technologies (TTI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Schlumberger had 6 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Schlumberger and 12 mentions for Halliburton. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.59 indicating that Halliburton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 11.20%. Halliburton's return on equity of 30.84% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.
Schlumberger presently has a consensus price target of $69.06, suggesting a potential upside of 55.01%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $49.06, suggesting a potential upside of 43.96%. Given Schlumberger's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.64% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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