The Most Important Facts About Schlumberger

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, September 07 09:53 • Permanent Link

Schlumberger logged a -0.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $60.87 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. SLB's trading volume is 541,725 compared to the stock's average volume of 9,273,562.

Schlumberger trades -7.07% away from its average analyst target price of $65.5 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $49.0 to $73.0, and on average have given Schlumberger a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SLB, you'll want to know the following:

Schlumberger's current price is 134.0% above its Graham number of $26.01, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Schlumberger has moved 61.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.73, Schlumberger has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
SLB has a forward P/E ratio of 16.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.66 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.62 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Schlumberger is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.65 compared to its sector average of 1.68
Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products.
Based in Houston, the company has 99,000 full time employees and a market cap of $86.51 Billion. Schlumberger currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.4%.

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