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Investors Are Bailing Out of Schlumberger (SLB). Here's Why.

Schlumberger stock is trading -19.17% below its average target price of $63.93 after dropping -3.7% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Oil & Gas Equipment & Services company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $56.07 to $74.46 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.4%, and a short ratio of 2.51. The company's insiders own 0.2% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 83.4% of Schlumberger's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Schlumberger

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 130,528,372 $6,745,053,523
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 105,720,852 $5,463,124,946
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 6% 79,314,536 $4,098,578,587
2023-09-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 5% 66,761,877 $3,449,919,943
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 4% 50,483,785 $2,608,749,551
2023-09-30 GQG Partners LLC 3% 35,978,766 $1,859,202,705
2023-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 31,641,353 $1,635,066,892
2023-09-30 FMR, LLC 2% 27,171,516 $1,404,088,068
2023-09-30 First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 2% 26,897,010 $1,389,902,971
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 26,387,370 $1,363,567,324

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Schlumberger.

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