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Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
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Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
0/2
Debt tells a cleaner story than price does for SLB: Debt/EBITDA of 1.5× sits -29% below the sector median 2.1×, and the current ratio of 1.33 edges above its median, so the balance sheet carries less strain than most peers in Energy. FCF growth year over year came in at 2.9%, well ahead of the sector median -21.5%. The valuation picture runs the other way: a P/E of 25.7× against a sector median of 12.0× and an EV/EBITDA of 13.6× against 6.0× place the stock in the bottom quartile for cheapness. The F-Score of 4/9 — with efficiency sub-scores at zero — adds caution; the composite lands at 50/100 against the sector median. Consensus is unusually pessimistic relative to the realized track record, though SEC filings show realized growth has been weak, so the divergence warrants watching rather than dismissing.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 5/9 | 12% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When SLB reports on October 15, 2026, track whether FCF growth holds above the sector median and whether the F-Score profitability sub-score (currently 3/4) improves. A slip in operating cash flow or a widening P/E gap beyond its current 2.1× premium to the sector median would warrant a recheck of the valuation case.
Pull SLB's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on the Leverage and Liquidity section — the F-Score flags only 1/3 there. Cross-reference management's commentary on debt management against the reported Debt/EBITDA of 2.11×, which sits 29% below the sector median but leaves room for deterioration.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — EV/EBITDA is a practical starting point given SLB's 6.00× reading sits 2.3× above the sector median. No company in the table is ranked; the exercise is to place SLB's valuation premium in context across the field.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -40%+124%-1%+3%
Over 4 years: 1.481.231.671.50
Over 4 years: +23%+18%+10%-2%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +8% |
| — |
| CVX | Chevron | 6/9 | 7% | -7% | — |
| DVN | Devon Energy | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | — |
| EOG | EOG Resources | 4/9 | 17% | -4% | 28% |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4/9 | 4% | +36% | 8% |
| HAL | Halliburton | 4/9 | 12% | -3% | 10% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 7/9 | 10% | +12% | 28% |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 7/9 | 23% | -4% | 6% |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum | 4/9 | 7% | -2% | — |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 7/9 | 16% | -8% | — |
| SLB | SLB | 4/9 | 14% | -2% | — |
| VLO | Valero Energy | 6/9 | 10% | -6% | 3% |
| WMB | Williams Companies | 7/9 | 21% | +14% | 35% |
A sample of 13 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.