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Slb N.V.

$SLB·$73B·Oil & Gas Equipment & Services·Energy
$49.50+2.3%YTD+29.8%1Y+50.4%
Price updated 1d ago·X counts updated 6d ago
SLSLB
$SLBSlb N.V.
$49.50+2.34%337 posts1×
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On X

Top X posts

The complete picture of $SLB on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

337X posts · last 7 days
Sep 30Oct 11
Chatter Meter
1×
QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $SLB's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-08

Schlumberger is testing major breakout at $57-62 monthly pivot, targeting $73, $93 and eventually $119 ATH next year. SLB is the only large-cap oilfield services name with in-country continuity in Venezuela through the sanctions era, framing it as a scarce-asset play.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $SLB — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-02

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Schlumberger is the oilfield-services leader coiling with 2x normal volume — Oct 23 earnings is the breakout trigger.

Schlumberger (SLB) is the largest global oilfield-services company — the one with the deepest international footprint, including rare Venezuela continuity through the sanctions era. The stock has been quietly rebuilding.

  • The business is steady: Q1 revenue +5% YoY at a 13.4% operating margin and ROIC of 8% — modest growth that's consistent with a late-cycle services position, with international mix a key swing factor.
  • 52-week range position is 63% with vol multiplier 2.06 — that's heavy accumulation under the surface, usually a precursor to directional movement rather than more mid-range drift.
  • At 50x PE the trailing multiple is optically high because of a weak comp quarter, but the forward multiple on a cycle-mid oilfield-services leader is reasonable for the quality of franchise.

Oct 23 Q3 is the gate — any international-growth update plus pricing-power commentary extends the move toward the $57-$62 breakout the thread flags. A soft North America print or weak Middle East backlog and the vol multiplier shows which side it was really going.

Agrees with X sentimentThe thread has the right drivers — the monthly pivot at $57-$62 with longer-term targets, the Venezuela sanctions-era continuity scarcity angle — and these are substantive, not generic hopium.

What to watch: Oct 23 Q3 — international revenue growth, Middle East and Latin America backlog, operating-margin trajectory, and any 2027 capex-cycle commentary. A soft international print or margin compression is the invalidator.

On the calendar: 2026-10-23 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

World's largest oilfield services company offering reservoir characterization, drilling, completion, and digital technology globally.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SLB.

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy

No material change from last week — International E&P spending and offshore deepwater day rates sustain services pricing.

What this means for $SLB

Partial — World's largest oilfield services company offering reservoir characterization, drilling, completion, and digital technology globally.

Top industry ETF

$OIHVanEck Oil Services ETF
+36.6%YTD
+53.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
49.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
8.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
13.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
10.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
16.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 24, 2026$0.55$0.51+7.6%
Q1 2026Apr 24, 2026$0.52$0.51+2.4%
Q4 2025Jan 23, 2026$0.78$0.74+5.1%
Q3 2025Oct 17, 2025$0.69$0.66+5.0%
Next earningsFri, Oct 23·consensus EPS $0.62

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$9.0B+5.0%15.5%11.9%$-0.50—
Q1 FY26$8.7B+2.7%15.3%11.8%$0.50$144.0M
Q4 FY25$9.7B+5.0%17.7%15.0%$0.55$2.5B
Q3 FY25$8.9B-2.5%17.5%14.7%$0.50$1.2B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 19 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$36.9B$36.7B – $37.1B$2.45$2.38 – $2.6719
FY27$40.0B$37.9B – $41.3B$3.19$2.98 – $3.3619
FY28$43.1B$42.7B – $43.6B$3.77$2.86 – $4.5414
FY29$45.5B$42.7B – $46.9B$4.27$3.93 – $4.458
FY30$46.7B$43.8B – $48.2B$4.34$3.99 – $4.5212

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.62%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-6.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-3.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 1.5B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.845-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellSep 1Le Peuch OlivierCEO35.0K sh$2.1MSellAug 31Le Peuch OlivierCEO5.0K sh$300KSellAug 27Le Peuch OlivierCEO5.0K sh$275KSellAug 26Le Peuch OlivierCEO25.0K sh$1.3MSellMay 27Le Peuch OlivierCEO25.0K sh$1.4MSellMay 7De La Chevardiere PatrickDirector2.0K sh$109KSellMay 1Gassen Steve MatthewEVP, Geographies53.4K sh$3.0MSellApr 29Le Peuch OlivierCEO25.0K sh$1.4M
+ 9 other (8 awards · 1 exempt) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsOct 133
8-KOfficer or director changeOct 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 318-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

SLB (Schlumberger N.V.) filed an 8-K on September 1, 2026 to furnish investor presentation materials under Reg FD for delivery at an investor or industry conference. All presentation content is in the attached exhibit; no financial results or transactions are disclosed in the 8-K body. SLB is the world's largest oilfield services company; conference presentations often include management commentary on capital allocation, technology strategy, and macro oil-and-gas market outlook that investors monitor for signals on industry capex trends.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 248-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

SLB N.V. (SLB Limited; Curaçao), the global oilfield services leader, filed an 8-K on July 24, 2026 reporting Q2 financial results (Item 2.02) alongside a Reg FD investor presentation (Item 7.01). The body excerpt contains only the standard cover page. This is a routine quarterly earnings release; actual results including revenue, margins, and segment performance are in the attached exhibits.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 108-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

SLB N.V. filed an 8-K under Item 7.01 (Reg FD disclosure) on June 10, 2026, furnishing investor presentation materials — likely from a capital markets day or industry conference. The body excerpt contains only the standard cover page. This is routine investor communication from the global oilfield services leader; the presentation content is in the attached exhibit.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationJun 1S-3ASR
AI summary

SLB N.V. (SLB Limited; Curaçao) and co-registrant Schlumberger Finance B.V. (The Netherlands) filed an automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR) on May 29, 2026, enabling future debt or equity securities offerings on a delayed or continuous basis by both the parent and its finance subsidiary. This dual-registrant structure is standard for investment-grade companies that issue guaranteed notes through a finance vehicle. No specific dollar amount is stated; the shelf is effective immediately and enables opportunistic capital markets access.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationMay 29S-3ASR
AI summary

SLB N.V. (SLB Limited only, without a co-registrant finance subsidiary) filed a separate automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR) on May 29, 2026, enabling the company itself to issue securities on a delayed or continuous basis. Filed the same day as a dual-registrant shelf with Schlumberger Finance B.V. (Job 67), this second shelf likely covers a different securities type (e.g., equity vs. guaranteed notes). No specific dollar amount is stated; the registration became effective immediately upon filing.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationApr 30S-3ASR
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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