Briefing From The Editor -- SLB Stock

By Emilio Sanchez • Wednesday, November 22 14:48 • Permanent Link

Schlumberger logged a -0.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $52.53 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. SLB's trading volume is 5,952,602 compared to the stock's average volume of 8,199,721.

Schlumberger trades -24.45% away from its average analyst target price of $69.54 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $61.0 to $81.0, 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 86.1% above its Graham number of $28.23, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Schlumberger has moved 3.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.88, Schlumberger has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
SLB has a forward P/E ratio of 14.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.6 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 3.86 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 $75.04 Billion. Schlumberger currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.8%.

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