Essential Facts About Schlumberger – A Comprehensive Overview

By Kim Brooks • Monday, March 11 15:10 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Schlumberger over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services stock at a price of $51.42? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Schlumberger has moved 3.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 32.9%
SLB has an average analyst rating of buy and is -24.42% away from its mean target price of $68.04 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.91
Schlumberger has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.8 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.64 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Schlumberger is part of the Energy sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 8.53 and an average P/B of 1.78
SLB has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 4.2% and gross profit margins of 0.2%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.78 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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.

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