19,697 Shares in SLB Limited $SLB Purchased by Privium Fund Management B.V.

Privium Fund Management B.V. purchased a new position in SLB Limited (NYSE:SLBFree Report) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 19,697 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock, valued at approximately $677,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of SLB. Synergy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in SLB by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Synergy Asset Management LLC now owns 80,830 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,732,000 after acquiring an additional 40,415 shares in the last quarter. Americana Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of SLB by 10.1% during the third quarter. Americana Partners LLC now owns 248,057 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $8,526,000 after purchasing an additional 22,706 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its position in shares of SLB by 13.8% during the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 210,056 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $7,220,000 after purchasing an additional 25,417 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its stake in shares of SLB by 1,937.4% in the third quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 996,948 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $34,265,000 after purchasing an additional 948,015 shares during the period. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in shares of SLB by 4.9% in the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,157,885 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $72,354,000 after purchasing an additional 100,918 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other SLB news, CAO Howard Guild sold 13,268 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.70, for a total value of $659,419.60. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 22,407 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,113,627.90. This trade represents a 37.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Dianne B. Ralston sold 18,617 shares of SLB stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.50, for a total value of $921,541.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 224,097 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,092,801.50. The trade was a 7.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 260,849 shares of company stock worth $11,668,003. Company insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SLB has been the topic of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of SLB in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on SLB from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Redburn Partners set a $48.00 price target on SLB in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Argus upgraded SLB to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Freedom Capital downgraded SLB from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $51.92.

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SLB Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE SLB opened at $48.38 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $41.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $37.14. SLB Limited has a 52-week low of $31.11 and a 52-week high of $51.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $72.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.41, a PEG ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.72.

SLB (NYSE:SLBGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 23rd. The oil and gas company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $9.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.54 billion. SLB had a return on equity of 17.45% and a net margin of 9.45%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.92 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that SLB Limited will post 3.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SLB Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. This is a positive change from SLB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 11th. SLB’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.10%.

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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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