Why Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) Stock Should Not Be Taken For Granted By Investors In 2024

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In today’s recent session, 3.2 million shares of the Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) have been traded, and its beta is 1.57. Most recently the company’s share price was $46.60, and it changed around -$0.92 or -1.93% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $66.61B. SLB at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $62.12, offering almost -33.3% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $42.61, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 8.56% since then. We note from Schlumberger Ltd.’s average daily trading volume that its 3-month average coming to 11.06 million.

Schlumberger Ltd. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.26. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 37 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 7 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 11 recommended SLB as a Hold, whereas 19 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

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Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) trade information

Instantly SLB has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -1.93% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The company’s shares are currently down -10.44% year-to-date, but still up 4.87% over the last five days. On the other hand, Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) is 0.79% up in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $52.93, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 11.96% from its current value. Analyst projections state that SLB is forecast to be at a low of $43 and a high of $81.

Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) estimates and forecasts

Schlumberger Ltd. share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have fallen -12.20 percent over the past six months and at a 17.79% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of -5.50%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 13.74%. Schlumberger Ltd. earnings are expected to increase by 18.01% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 21.10% per year for the next five years.

SLB Dividends

Schlumberger Ltd.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in July. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.25 percent and its annual dividend per share was 1.05. It is important to note, however, that the 2.25% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.