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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. Its Competitors

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

82.0% of Schlumberger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Halliburton had 12 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Halliburton and 20 mentions for Schlumberger. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Halliburton's score of 0.56 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schlumberger
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Halliburton
8 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Schlumberger$36.07B1.37$4.46B$2.9512.31
Halliburton$22.56B0.88$2.50B$2.399.71

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
Schlumberger12.29% 21.90% 9.98%
Halliburton 10.90%26.03%10.50%

Schlumberger currently has a consensus price target of $52.38, indicating a potential upside of 44.28%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $33.58, indicating a potential upside of 44.73%. Given Halliburton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Schlumberger.

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
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Schlumberger has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.44% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.83% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SchlumbergerOutperform Votes
1741
76.83%
Underperform Votes
525
23.17%
HalliburtonOutperform Votes
1953
80.44%
Underperform Votes
475
19.56%

Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Schlumberger pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 28.5% 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 increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Halliburton has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Schlumberger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

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

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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.
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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.
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SLB vs. The Competition

MetricSchlumbergerOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$49.38B$3.55B$7.82B$19.63B
Dividend Yield3.21%3.16%11.06%3.82%
P/E Ratio11.6724.9549.8535.03
Price / Sales1.370.8526,129.1942.85
Price / Cash8.067.4435.6617.51
Price / Book2.281.293.744.78
Net Income$4.46B$288.76M$4.33B$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.19%8.54%4.45%-0.35%
1 Month Performance0.51%8.36%6.28%1.04%
1 Year Performance-17.13%-4.31%105.31%9.19%

Schlumberger Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLB
Schlumberger
4.7883 of 5 stars
$36.31
+1.9%
$52.38
+44.3%
-20.3%$49.38B$36.07B11.6799,000Positive News
Options Volume
HAL
Halliburton
4.9388 of 5 stars
$20.02
-2.0%
$33.53
+67.5%
-36.4%$17.21B$22.56B7.0745,000Trending News
Gap Up
FTI
TechnipFMC
3.1663 of 5 stars
$31.60
-0.7%
$36.46
+15.4%
+39.4%$13.25B$9.27B20.7923,300Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.8013 of 5 stars
$12.27
-1.2%
$17.50
+42.6%
-25.9%$4.61B$8.82B7.6232,300Trending News
Options Volume
TDW
Tidewater
4.7063 of 5 stars
$42.11
-1.5%
$69.33
+64.6%
-54.4%$2.08B$1.36B12.396,300Positive News
OII
Oceaneering International
3.5598 of 5 stars
$19.77
-2.5%
$28.00
+41.6%
-3.6%$1.99B$2.74B13.739,200News Coverage
Gap Down
RES
RPC
2.6796 of 5 stars
$4.58
-3.2%
$5.75
+25.5%
-25.3%$1.01B$1.37B10.652,730Gap Up
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.3168 of 5 stars
$6.53
-2.7%
$12.50
+91.4%
-35.7%$989.49M$1.34B163.292,280Positive News
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.6875 of 5 stars
$2.86
-4.0%
$5.25
+83.6%
+3.2%$380.59M$605.28M143.071,300News Coverage
Options Volume
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
3.545 of 5 stars
$24.53
-0.9%
$32.50
+32.5%
+26.7%$307.36M$161.22M19.16250
OIS
Oil States International
3.8184 of 5 stars
$4.47
-2.8%
$6.17
+38.0%
+24.5%$276.55M$685.26M-13.552,740Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:SLB) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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