TechnipFMC (FTI) Competitors

Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SLB or FTI?

82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TechnipFMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SLB or FTI?

Schlumberger has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SLB or FTI?

Schlumberger presently has a consensus target price of $52.38, suggesting a potential upside of 47.49%. TechnipFMC has a consensus target price of $36.46, suggesting a potential upside of 10.72%. Given Schlumberger's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than TechnipFMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schlumberger	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
TechnipFMC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Is SLB or FTI more profitable?

Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.29% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 7.63%. Schlumberger's return on equity of 21.90% beat TechnipFMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schlumberger	12.29%	21.90%	9.98%
TechnipFMC	7.63%	20.11%	6.68%

Does the media refer more to SLB or FTI?

In the previous week, Schlumberger had 16 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Schlumberger and 8 mentions for TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.98 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schlumberger	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TechnipFMC	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SLB or FTI a better dividend stock?

Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Schlumberger pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TechnipFMC pays out 10.5% 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and TechnipFMC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Schlumberger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLB or FTI?

Schlumberger received 1030 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.83% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schlumberger	Outperform Votes 1741 76.83%	Underperform Votes 525 23.17%
TechnipFMC	Outperform Votes 711 58.47%	Underperform Votes 505 41.53%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SLB or FTI?

Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than TechnipFMC. Schlumberger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Schlumberger	$36.07B	1.34	$4.46B	$2.95	12.04
TechnipFMC	$9.27B	1.49	$56.20M	$1.90	17.33

Summary

Schlumberger beats TechnipFMC on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.