SLB vs. HAL, ENB, CNQ, EOG, EQNR, MPC, PSX, EPD, PXD, and CEG
Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Constellation Energy (CEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Halliburton pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schlumberger pays out 34.2% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Schlumberger has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Halliburton presently has a consensus target price of $48.63, suggesting a potential upside of 23.35%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $70.87, suggesting a potential upside of 29.30%. Given Halliburton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
Halliburton received 216 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.63% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.59% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Schlumberger's net margin of 11.46%. Schlumberger's return on equity of 31.59% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
Halliburton has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schlumberger had 6 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Schlumberger and 16 mentions for Halliburton. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Halliburton's score of 0.57 indicating that Halliburton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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