SLB Limited (NYSE:SLB) Declares $0.29 Quarterly Dividend

SLB Limited (NYSE:SLBGet Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 2nd will be paid a dividend of 0.295 per share by the oil and gas company on Thursday, October 8th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 2nd.

SLB has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 5 years. SLB has a dividend payout ratio of 34.7% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect SLB to earn $3.33 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.18 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 35.4%.

SLB Price Performance

Shares of SLB stock traded up $5.21 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $52.43. 28,892,755 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,391,477. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market cap of $78.39 billion, a PE ratio of 22.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.72. SLB has a 1-year low of $31.64 and a 1-year high of $58.82. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $51.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.54.

SLB (NYSE:SLBGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Saturday, July 25th. The oil and gas company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $8.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.67 billion. SLB had a return on equity of 15.54% and a net margin of 9.26%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.74 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that SLB will post 2.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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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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