Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) is expecting -6.01% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB) on Tuesday, plunged -2.38% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $39.88. Within the past 52 weeks, SLB’s price has moved between $38.66 and $55.69.

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Energy Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 1.93% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 14.50%. With a float of $1.41 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.41 billion.

The firm has a total of 111000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 20.06%, operating margin of 17.14%, and the pretax margin is 15.88%.

Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Schlumberger Ltd is 0.21%, while institutional ownership is 84.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 13 ’24, was worth 512,294. In this transaction EVP & CFO of this company sold 11,520 shares at a rate of $44.47, taking the stock ownership to the 191,556 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 11,520 for $44.47, making the entire transaction worth $512,294.

Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 14.50% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.00% during the next five years compared to 13.74% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB) Trading Performance Indicators

Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.12 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.53. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.34.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.11, a number that is poised to hit 0.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.62 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Schlumberger Ltd (SLB)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Schlumberger Ltd, SLB], we can find that recorded value of 12.33 million was better than the volume posted last year of 11.19 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 3.96%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.02.

During the past 100 days, Schlumberger Ltd’s (SLB) raw stochastic average was set at 2.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 4.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.38% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 29.26% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $42.52, while its 200-day Moving Average is $45.95. Now, the first resistance to watch is $39.45. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $39.98. The third major resistance level sits at $40.35. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $38.55, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.18. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $37.65.

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 54.98 billion based on 1,412,154K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 33,135 M and income totals 4,203 M. The company made 9,159 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 1,186 M in sales during its previous quarter.