Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Reduces Stake in SLB Limited $SLB

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lowered its stake in SLB Limited (NYSE:SLBFree Report) by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 330,218 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 18,109 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in SLB were worth $15,352,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of SLB by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 186,455,878 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $7,156,177,000 after acquiring an additional 1,080,999 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in SLB by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 84,417,217 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $3,263,998,000 after acquiring an additional 799,218 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in SLB by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 54,006,438 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,072,844,000 after purchasing an additional 1,458,650 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in SLB by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 37,095,243 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,423,716,000 after purchasing an additional 482,533 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in SLB by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 33,840,883 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $1,292,993,000 after purchasing an additional 510,747 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SLB has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of SLB in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Barclays boosted their target price on SLB from $64.00 to $67.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. UBS Group lowered their price target on SLB from $69.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $66.00 price target on shares of SLB in a research report on Sunday, July 26th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of SLB from $68.00 to $63.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $61.35.

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SLB Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of SLB opened at $51.99 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $77.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.12, a PEG ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.44. SLB Limited has a fifty-two week low of $31.64 and a fifty-two week high of $58.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $49.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $51.07.

SLB (NYSE:SLBGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Saturday, July 25th. The oil and gas company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $8.97 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.67 billion. SLB had a net margin of 8.53% and a return on equity of 14.05%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.74 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that SLB Limited will post 2.5 earnings per share for the current year.

SLB Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 2nd. SLB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 57.00%.

SLB Company Profile

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SLB (NYSE: SLB), historically known as Schlumberger, is a leading global provider of technology, integrated project management and information solutions for the energy industry. Founded by Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger in 1926, the company develops and supplies products and services used across the exploration, drilling, completion and production phases of oil and gas development. Its offerings are intended to help operators characterize reservoirs, drill and complete wells, optimize production and manage field operations throughout the asset lifecycle.

SLB’s product and service portfolio spans reservoir characterization and well testing, wireline and logging services, directional drilling and drilling tools, well construction and completion technologies, production systems, and subsea equipment.

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