SLB vs. HAL, CEG, EOG, PXD, EPD, MPC, PSX, ENB, OXY, and CNQ
Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), Constellation Energy (CEG), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Enbridge (ENB), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Schlumberger currently has a consensus price target of $68.72, indicating a potential upside of 47.68%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $48.59, indicating a potential upside of 33.05%. Given Schlumberger's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
Halliburton received 211 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.68% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 4 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Halliburton and 20 mentions for Schlumberger. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Halliburton's score of 0.29 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 11.20%. Halliburton's return on equity of 30.84% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.
Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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