SLB
Schlumberger LimitedEvidence as of 2026-09-03The desk's Snapshot
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Overview · Schlumberger Limited
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, integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for explora…
Management team
- Mr. James R. McDonald · Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Industry AffairsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Abdellah Merad · Executive Vice President of Core Services & EquipmentFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Dianne B. Ralston J.D. · Chief Legal Officer & SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Demosthenis Pafitis · Chief Technology OfficerFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it, not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
Evidence balance: Mixed ( -0.1 of a possible +2; confidence high). Revenue was roughly stable across reported quarters, with USD 8,490,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo) and USD 8,546,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo). Revenue rose to USD 8,972,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), a modest year‑over‑year increase versus fiscal Q2 2025, while net income for that same quarter set fell from USD 1,014,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 to USD 786,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026.
That divergence produced a calculated net margin move from about 11.9% in fiscal Q2 2025 to about 8.8% in fiscal Q2 2026, an example of profit compression despite slightly higher revenue. The balance of filings, insider reports and market data shows elevated volatility (30‑day annualized vol about 49.0%), a strong 12‑month momentum reading (+57.9%, 84th percentile), price trading above SMA50 and SMA200 (price vs SMA50 +15.4%, price vs SMA200 +19.6%), and recent news that SLB completed the S&P Global upstream software divestiture on 1 September 2026. Valuation metrics in the packet include P/FCF = 344.66, P/E = 25.72, EV/EBITDA = 10.5 and an implied FCF growth assumption of 98.74% per year from the model.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else (no outside knowledge, no browsing), so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC (revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter) and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue was roughly stable across the reported quarters: USD 8,490,000,000 for fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000950170-25-058413Revenue was USD 8,546,000,000 for fiscal Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo) and USD 8,972,000,000 for fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), showing a modest increase between those same fiscal quarters year-over-year.
XBRL companyfacts · 0000950170-25-098217Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
A Form 4 with the 4 filed 1 September 2026 was filed on 2026-09-01.
4 filed 2026-09-01A Form 4 with the 4 filed 31 August 2026 was filed on 2026-08-31.
4 filed 2026-08-31Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum over the past 12 months (12_1) is +57.9% and ranks in the 84th percentile of the 547-stock research universe as of 2026-09-02.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02weakened in debateThe security is trading above both key moving averages: price vs SMA50 is +15.4% and price vs SMA200 is +19.6% as of 2026-09-02, and a golden cross flag is true.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02, SLB is held in the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) at a weight of 0.11% of the fund.
ETF constituents · market dataFour Form 4 filings for SLB were submitted in a short cluster on 2026-08-26, 2026-08-27, 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-01; two filings show parse_status 'skipped' and two show 'pending'.
Form 4 × 4 (90d window not enforced here)Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Multiple outlets reported that S&P Global completed the divestiture of its geoscience and petroleum engineering software portfolio to SLB (reported 1 September 2026).
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01A PR Newswire release also covered the completion of S&P Global's divestiture of its upstream energy software portfolio to SLB (published 1 September 2026).
News · prnewswire.com · 2026-09-01Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Across the four Form 4 filings in the record, the insider-reported total sold amount is "$4.0M" for a net of "-70000" shares in the 180-day window.
Form 4 · Le Peuch Olivier (Chief Executive Officer) · $1.3M sold · 2026-08-26Le Peuch Olivier (Chief Executive Officer) sold 35,000 shares for a reported aggregate value of "$2.1M" (about $60.00 per share) on 2026-09-01 under a 10b5-1 plan (stated on the filing).
Form 4 · Le Peuch Olivier (Chief Executive Officer) · $2.1M sold · 2026-09-01Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model reports an implied FCF growth rate of 98.74% per year that today's price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice to free cash flow (P/FCF) using trailing twelve-month FCF is 344.66.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several pieces of evidence jointly support a favorable read: the security shows strong multi‑period momentum and price strength versus key moving averages (market-0, market-1, market-2), reported revenue is stable to modestly higher year-over-year for comparable quarters (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1), and recent news documents a strategic acquisition that expands SLB’s digital and geoscience capabilities (news-0, news-1, news-2). Valuation multiples provide mixed context: EV/EBITDA and P/E sit at levels consistent with many large-cap industrials (valuation-2, valuation-3) even while some model outputs flag stretched FCF assumptions (valuation-0, valuation-1); historically, diversification principles indicate that acquisitions improving recurring software/technology exposure can materially change free cash flow profiles over time. Correlation and ETF inclusion data show the stock behaves somewhat independently of broad-market moves and is held in a core S&P 500 ETF (market-5, ownership-0), which can be relevant when interpreting idiosyncratic momentum versus market-wide volatility (market-3, market-4).
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
diversified0.26
36 surviving claims rest on 22 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The surviving set draws on a moderate breadth of sources (22) which supports cross-checking, but many claims remain from a relatively small number of contributors — the single heaviest analyst carrying nearly a fifth of claims raises some concentration risk. The very high debate survival rate implies the desk found few refutations during review, so while the package is internally consistent, several recent items (pending/skipped filings and clustered insider trades) increase sensitivity to late-arriving parsed details or filing updates.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 1st of 2 in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (as of 2026-09-02).
90-day volatility ranks 1st of 2 in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (as of 2026-09-02).
dividend yield ranks 1st of 2 in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (as of 2026-09-02).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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14 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer−0.1 to the score
5 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash+0.0 to the score
2 holdings records
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.5 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
4 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state, with stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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