Financial Survey: SLB (SLB) & Its Rivals

SLB (NYSE:SLB) is one of 177 public companies in the “Energy Equipment & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare SLB to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for SLB and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SLB	1	4	23	0	2.79
SLB Competitors	1683	6848	8634	490	2.45

SLB currently has a consensus price target of $61.63, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 33.95%. Given SLB’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SLB has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares SLB and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SLB	8.40%	13.77%	6.80%
SLB Competitors	-10.56%	7.42%	1.49%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.0% of SLB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SLB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

SLB pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. SLB pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of -1.9% and pay out -37.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SLB has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SLB and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SLB	$36.89 billion	$3.37 billion	24.74
SLB Competitors	$3.27 billion	$29.73 million	13.08

SLB has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. SLB is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

SLB has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLB’s rivals have a beta of 0.82, suggesting that their average stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SLB beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About SLB

SLB (NYSE: SLB), formerly known as Schlumberger, is a global technology company serving the energy industry. Founded in 1926, the company adopted the SLB name in 2022 and provides technologies and services across the energy value chain. Its offerings include subsurface evaluation, drilling and well-construction services, production systems, and digital tools that help customers plan and manage energy projects. SLB also develops solutions for areas such as carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, and lithium production.