Free Trial

Schlumberger (SLB) Competitors

Schlumberger logo
$36.83 -0.08 (-0.22%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

SLB vs. HAL, FTI, NOV, OII, TDW, HLX, RES, NR, TTI, and NGS

Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Tidewater (TDW), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Natural Gas Services Group (NGS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Schlumberger vs.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Halliburton pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schlumberger pays out 35.4% 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 217 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.56% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.75% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HalliburtonOutperform Votes
1940
80.56%
Underperform Votes
468
19.44%
SchlumbergerOutperform Votes
1723
76.75%
Underperform Votes
522
23.25%

Halliburton presently has a consensus target price of $39.58, suggesting a potential upside of 52.40%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $58.85, suggesting a potential upside of 59.80%. Given Schlumberger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Schlumberger
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.44% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 11.04%. Halliburton's return on equity of 28.33% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Halliburton11.04% 28.33% 11.21%
Schlumberger 12.44%21.84%9.89%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Halliburton$23.07B0.99$2.64B$2.879.05
Schlumberger$36.00B1.44$4.20B$3.1111.84

In the previous week, Schlumberger had 20 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Schlumberger and 22 mentions for Halliburton. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Halliburton's score of 0.33 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halliburton
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Schlumberger
10 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Halliburton has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Schlumberger beats Halliburton on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

SLB vs. The Competition

MetricSchlumbergerOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$52.01B$3.76B$8.22B$19.18B
Dividend Yield2.95%2.20%11.69%3.60%
P/E Ratio11.8425.2512.1041.28
Price / Sales1.440.98109.2217.60
Price / Cash8.687.5810.8321.28
Price / Book2.461.443.335.32
Net Income$4.20B$297.22M$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-8.43%-5.33%-3.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-16.49%-11.12%-5.50%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-29.95%4.83%1.57%12.14%

Schlumberger Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9712 of 5 stars
$36.83
-0.2%
$58.85
+59.8%
-29.9%$52.01B$36.00B11.84111,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
HAL
Halliburton
4.7084 of 5 stars
$28.02
-2.3%
$40.58
+44.8%
-28.8%$24.62B$23.07B9.9948,000Analyst Forecast
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.2228 of 5 stars
$30.81
-0.6%
$34.69
+12.6%
+43.1%$13.11B$8.79B20.3925,027Analyst Forecast
NOV
NOV
4.9299 of 5 stars
$14.99
+0.1%
$20.64
+37.7%
-30.6%$5.83B$8.58B5.5233,676Analyst Forecast
OII
Oceaneering International
3.4942 of 5 stars
$25.37
-1.9%
$28.00
+10.4%
+15.7%$2.56B$2.42B19.3510,100Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
TDW
Tidewater
4.78 of 5 stars
$47.05
-1.2%
$95.80
+103.6%
-28.3%$2.46B$1.30B13.897,300
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.6655 of 5 stars
$9.17
-0.8%
$14.50
+58.1%
-14.2%$1.39B$1.34B231.002,531Positive News
RES
RPC
0.9271 of 5 stars
$5.92
-3.0%
$6.08
+2.8%
-23.1%$1.27B$1.62B10.892,691
NR
Newpark Resources
3.4108 of 5 stars
$7.71
-0.4%
$11.00
+42.7%
N/A$666.89M$748.37M-4.261,550
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.621 of 5 stars
$3.64
-1.1%
$7.00
+92.3%
-25.3%$479.79M$617.73M184.001,500Analyst Forecast
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
1.6903 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.5%
$26.50
+4.0%
+76.5%$317.96M$152.31M20.21250

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:SLB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners