SLB (SLB) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover SLB?

SLB has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , BMO Capital Markets , Citigroup , Evercore , Jefferies Financial Group , Morgan Stanley , Piper Sandler , Raymond James Financial , Royal Bank Of Canada , Stifel Nicolaus , Susquehanna , TD Cowen , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , Wolfe Research , and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

$53.31 -0.55 (-1.02%)

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SLB - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 23 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
1

Buy
20

Based on 23 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for SLB in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 23 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 1 has given a hold rating, 18 have given a buy rating, and 2 have given a strong buy rating for SLB.

Consensus Price Target

$61.35
15.08% Upside

According to the 23 analysts' twelve-month price targets for SLB, the average price target is $61.35. The highest price target for SLB is $71.00, while the lowest price target for SLB is $48.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 15.08% from the current price of $53.31.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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SLB Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 8/18/25 to 8/18/26	1 Month Ago 7/19/25 to 7/19/26	3 Months Ago 5/20/25 to 5/20/26	1 Year Ago 8/18/24 to 8/18/25
Strong Buy	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	18 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)
Hold	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$61.35	$60.30	$59.74	$49.28
Forecasted Upside	15.08% Upside	28.26% Upside	4.40% Upside	48.04% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

SLB Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

SLB Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

SLB Stock vs. The Competition

Type	SLB	Energy Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.87	2.42	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	13.78% Upside	32.89% Upside	12.16% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent SLB News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
8/3/2026	Weiss Ratings 5 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
7/27/2026	Evercore 3 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$66.00	+25.12%
7/27/2026	TD Cowen 3 of 5 stars	Marc Bianchi Not Rated	Boost Target	Buy	$62.00 ➝ $64.00	+22.06%
7/27/2026	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Charles Minervino Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Positive	$55.00 ➝ $62.00	+17.54%
7/27/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Derek Podhaizer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$59.00 ➝ $64.00	+22.06%
7/27/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Anderson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$64.00 ➝ $67.00	+27.78%
7/27/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/27/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Connor Lynagh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $55.00	+4.82%
7/27/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Phillip Jungwirth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$59.00 ➝ $63.00	+20.16%
7/26/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$66.00	+25.88%
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7/10/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Rollyson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$62.00 ➝ $61.00	+27.82%
7/8/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$62.00	+33.42%
7/1/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Josh Silverstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$69.00 ➝ $66.00	+43.96%
7/1/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Scott Gruber Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$68.00 ➝ $63.00	+37.41%
6/18/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Gengaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$61.00 ➝ $64.00	+27.25%
6/16/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Keith Mackey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$61.00	+12.71%
5/11/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Guillaume Delaby Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$56.10 ➝ $71.00	+33.44%
4/27/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arun Jayaram Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $61.00	+9.71%
3/4/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Neil Mehta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$53.00 ➝ $60.00	+24.28%
1/27/2026	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sergey Pigarev Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$48.00	-4.32%
1/27/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
1/26/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
1/26/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Chase Mulvehill Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$50.00 ➝ $55.00	+12.25%
11/3/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sebastian Erskine Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$48.00	+33.12%
7/20/2025	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
7/1/2025	ATB Cormark Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	W. Syed Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
12/20/2024	Griffin Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	K. Simpson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
9/18/2024	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	R. Department Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$64.50	+55.80%

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Should I Buy SLB Stock? SLB Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Friday, August 14, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these SLB pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

SLB
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Schlumberger Limited:

The current stock price is around $36.88, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking for value in the energy sector.
Schlumberger Limited has a strong presence in the energy industry, providing advanced technology and services that are essential for hydrocarbon production and carbon management.
The company operates through multiple divisions, including Digital & Integration and Reservoir Performance, which allows for diversified revenue streams and resilience against market fluctuations.
With a significant percentage of institutional ownership, there is confidence from large investors in the company's long-term prospects, which can be a positive indicator for retail investors.
Recent advancements in their product offerings, such as integrated solutions for subsea systems, position Schlumberger Limited well to capitalize on the growing demand for efficient energy production technologies.

SLB
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Schlumberger Limited for these reasons:

The company has experienced a decline in its stock performance over the past year, with a decrease of approximately 9.52%, which may raise concerns about its market competitiveness.
High short interest, with around 3.8 million shares shorted, indicates that some investors are betting against the stock, suggesting potential volatility and lack of confidence in the near term.
With a relatively low short percentage of float, there may be limited room for short covering, which could hinder price recovery if market conditions improve.
Dependence on the oil and gas sector makes Schlumberger Limited vulnerable to fluctuations in commodity prices, which can impact profitability and investor sentiment.
Recent changes in regulatory environments and increasing focus on renewable energy may pose challenges for traditional energy companies like Schlumberger Limited, affecting long-term growth prospects.

SLB Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 23 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for SLB is $61.35, with a high forecast of $71.00 and a low forecast of $48.00.

23 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLB in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating, 18 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SLB shares.

According to analysts, SLB's stock has a predicted upside of 15.08% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, SLB's stock had 1 downgrade by analysts.

SLB has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Evercore, Jefferies Financial Group, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Raymond James Financial, Royal Bank Of Canada, Stifel Nicolaus, Susquehanna, TD Cowen, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like SLB more than other "energy" companies. The consensus rating for SLB is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "energy" companies is Hold. Learn more on how SLB compares to other companies.

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This page (NYSE:SLB) was last updated on 8/18/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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SLB (SLB) Stock Forecast & Price Target