SLB vs. HAL, PBR, EOG, ENB, CNQ, MPC, OXY, EPD, VLO, and E
Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Halliburton (HAL), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), EOG Resources (EOG), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Valero Energy (VLO), and ENI (E). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Schlumberger vs.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Schlumberger currently has a consensus target price of $62.38, indicating a potential upside of 28.08%. Halliburton has a consensus target price of $48.44, indicating a potential upside of 54.53%. Given Halliburton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Schlumberger.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.25% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 7.74%. Halliburton's return on equity of 26.25% 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.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Schlumberger pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 37.0% 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.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 14 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Halliburton and 10 mentions for Schlumberger. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.26 indicating that Halliburton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.2% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Schlumberger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Halliburton received 210 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.11% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.83% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SLB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Schlumberger Competitors List
