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Don't Buy Schlumberger Without Checking Its Fundamentals!

Shares of Energy sector company Schlumberger moved 2.7% today, and are now trading at a price of $42.29. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 12,981,781 compared to its average volume of 10,259,368. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.

Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company is based in Houston and has 111,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $60,045,033,472. Schlumberger currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.6% per year.

27 analysts are following Schlumberger and have set target prices ranging from $49.0 to $74.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, SLB is trading -34.33% away from its average analyst target price of $64.4 per share.

Over the last year, SLB shares have gone down by -27.0%, which represents a difference of -60.8% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $61.2 per share and its 52 week low is $38.66. With average free cash flows of $3.23 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 5.3% over the last 5 years, Schlumberger declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 6,637,000 1,939,000 4,698,000 123.5
2022 3,720,000 1,618,000 2,102,000 -40.11
2021 4,651,000 1,141,000 3,510,000 92.01
2020 2,944,000 1,116,000 1,828,000 -50.69
2019 5,431,000 1,724,000 3,707,000 4.33
2018 5,713,000 2,160,000 3,553,000
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