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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricSLBSLB LIMITED/NVBKRBaker Hughes CoHALHALLIBURTON CONOVNOV Inc.Median of the restexcluding SLB
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$49.55▼ 1.55 (3.03%)
$53.62▼ 2.38 (4.25%)
$33.19▼ 0.80 (2.35%)
$18.76▼ 0.51 (2.65%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/106.0/107.0/106.0/10
Market value$74.09B$53.09B$27.71B$6.77B
Revenue$35.71B$27.73B$22.18B$8.74B
Profit$3.37B$2.59B$1.28B$145.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-1.6%-0.3%-3.3%-1.4%-1.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.———20.2%20.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.——10.2%5.6%7.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.9.4%9.3%5.8%1.7%5.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.13.4%9.1%7.5%10.0%9.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.12.9%13.7%12.3%2.3%12.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.——10.6%6.1%8.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.21.96x20.51x21.60x46.68x21.60x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.——9.62x8.73x9.18x
Price to book2.84x2.82x2.65x1.08x2.65x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.06x1.17x1.39x0.79x1.17x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/86/84/85/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safenot reportedsafegrey

How SLB compares with the others

  • SLB's profit margin of 9.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (5.8%).
  • Its revenue growth of -1.6% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-1.4%).
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (22.0x against 21.6x).

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.