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SLB vs. HAL, FTI, NOV, TDW, OII, RES, HLX, TTI, NGS, and OIS

Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), and Oil States International (OIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Schlumberger vs.

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

Halliburton has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.43% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.82% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HalliburtonOutperform Votes
1952
80.43%
Underperform Votes
475
19.57%
SchlumbergerOutperform Votes
1740
76.82%
Underperform Votes
525
23.18%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Halliburton$22.56B0.78$2.50B$2.398.56
Schlumberger$36.07B1.30$4.46B$2.9511.71

Halliburton currently has a consensus target price of $33.53, indicating a potential upside of 63.78%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $52.44, indicating a potential upside of 51.83%. Given Halliburton's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Schlumberger.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Schlumberger
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.29% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 10.90%. Halliburton's return on equity of 26.03% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Halliburton10.90% 26.03% 10.50%
Schlumberger 12.29%21.90%9.98%

In the previous week, Schlumberger had 4 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Schlumberger and 21 mentions for Halliburton. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Halliburton's score of 0.86 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halliburton
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Schlumberger
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Schlumberger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Halliburton pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schlumberger pays out 38.6% 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. Halliburton has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Schlumberger has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Halliburton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Schlumberger beats Halliburton on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SLB vs. The Competition

MetricSchlumbergerOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$46.98B$3.25B$7.34B$19.70B
Dividend Yield3.19%3.00%10.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio11.1121.3854.3435.12
Price / Sales1.300.8224,406.7234.12
Price / Cash8.067.4435.5017.51
Price / Book2.171.163.524.78
Net Income$4.46B$288.76M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.37%-3.37%-0.56%0.90%
1 Month Performance-1.57%2.90%7.21%11.10%
1 Year Performance-28.39%-20.16%178.13%5.28%

Schlumberger Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9267 of 5 stars
$34.34
-0.7%
$52.44
+52.7%
-28.4%$46.81B$36.07B11.0799,000Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8511 of 5 stars
$21.28
-0.1%
$33.84
+59.0%
-46.1%$18.29B$22.56B7.5245,000
FTI
TechnipFMC
3.9223 of 5 stars
$31.46
+0.6%
$36.83
+17.1%
+13.9%$13.19B$9.27B20.7023,300Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.8041 of 5 stars
$13.09
+0.2%
$18.00
+37.5%
-33.9%$4.92B$8.82B8.1332,300Trending News
TDW
Tidewater
4.6399 of 5 stars
$42.76
+0.7%
$69.33
+62.1%
-61.8%$2.12B$1.36B12.586,300Positive News
OII
Oceaneering International
4.1063 of 5 stars
$20.12
+0.5%
$28.00
+39.2%
-18.8%$2.02B$2.74B13.979,200
RES
RPC
3.112 of 5 stars
$4.98
+0.2%
$5.75
+15.5%
-35.2%$1.10B$1.37B11.582,730Positive News
Gap Up
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.4367 of 5 stars
$6.72
-0.1%
$12.50
+86.0%
-45.5%$1.02B$1.34B168.042,280Gap Down
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.4582 of 5 stars
$3.01
flat
$5.25
+74.4%
-30.7%$400.55M$605.28M150.581,300Positive News
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
3.1946 of 5 stars
$25.11
-1.8%
$32.00
+27.4%
+9.0%$314.23M$156.74M19.62250Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
OIS
Oil States International
3.9392 of 5 stars
$4.80
-0.2%
$6.17
+28.5%
-2.8%$296.97M$685.26M-14.552,740

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This page (NYSE:SLB) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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