Capital One Financial Predicts Schlumberger Q1 Earnings

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Schlumberger in a report issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Capital One Financial analyst D. Becker expects that the oil and gas company will earn $0.74 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Schlumberger’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Schlumberger’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.48 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Schlumberger from $49.00 to $46.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Atb Cap Markets lowered Schlumberger from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Schlumberger to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Evercore ISI reissued an “in-line” rating and set a $44.00 price objective (down previously from $62.00) on shares of Schlumberger in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of Schlumberger from $64.00 to $61.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Schlumberger currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $55.81.

Schlumberger Trading Up 0.9 %

NYSE:SLB opened at $41.99 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $59.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.50, a P/E/G ratio of 9.98 and a beta of 1.52. Schlumberger has a 1 year low of $36.52 and a 1 year high of $55.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $40.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.79.

Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 17th. The oil and gas company reported $0.92 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.02. Schlumberger had a net margin of 12.29% and a return on equity of 21.90%. The company had revenue of $9.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9,241,140 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. Schlumberger’s revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Schlumberger Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.285 per share. This is an increase from Schlumberger’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.72%. Schlumberger’s dividend payout ratio is 35.37%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Mogharbel Khaled Al sold 123,097 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.09, for a total value of $5,427,346.73. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 184,626 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,140,160.34. This represents a 40.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Ugo Prechner sold 7,000 shares of Schlumberger stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.20, for a total value of $309,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 11,240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $496,808. This represents a 38.38 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 198,258 shares of company stock worth $8,732,604 in the last quarter. 0.26% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Schlumberger

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. New Millennium Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Schlumberger by 17.9% during the fourth quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 11,532 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $442,000 after buying an additional 1,754 shares during the last quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Schlumberger by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC now owns 39,026 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,496,000 after buying an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Scharf Investments LLC purchased a new position in Schlumberger in the 4th quarter worth about $52,607,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Schlumberger during the 4th quarter valued at about $47,000. Finally, Caprock Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Schlumberger by 11.6% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 29,802 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,151,000 after acquiring an additional 3,090 shares during the period. 81.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Schlumberger Company Profile

Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, and integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products.