Financial Security Advisor Inc. Purchases Shares of 11,758 SLB Limited $SLB

Financial Security Advisor Inc. purchased a new stake in SLB Limited (NYSE:SLB) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 11,758 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock, valued at approximately $406,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in SLB in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of SLB in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Corsicana & Co. acquired a new stake in shares of SLB in the third quarter worth $31,000. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its position in SLB by 51.4% during the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 1,004 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 341 shares during the period. Finally, Kennebec Savings Bank increased its position in SLB by 47.4% during the third quarter. Kennebec Savings Bank now owns 1,390 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 447 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.99% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting SLB

Here are the key news stories impacting SLB this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple brokerages raised targets/ratings this week, supporting upside expectations (examples include Susquehanna’s boost to $58 and other bank notes showing constructive views). Susquehanna Boosts SLB Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: SLB won multi‑year supply contracts in Oman (wellheads and artificial lift) and additional Middle East work, reinforcing near‑term revenue visibility in the region. Business Wire: Oman Contracts
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary pieces are re-evaluating SLB’s valuation and role in evolving energy markets — useful context for positioning but not an immediate catalyst. Yahoo: Is SLB Pricing Reflect Its Role?
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketWatch notes SLB has underperformed some peers recently despite intraday gains, which frames relative performance risk vs. other oilfield services names. MarketWatch: Underperformance vs Competitors
• Negative Sentiment: Significant coordinated insider selling occurred on Jan. 26 — including the CFO, EVP, CAO and multiple directors — amounting to multimillion‑dollar disposals; markets often interpret clustered insider sales as a near‑term negative signal. TipRanks: Coordinated Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Individual SEC‑filed insider sales include EVP Abdellah Merad (~$2.98M), CAO Howard Guild (~$659K) and CFO Stéphane Biguet (>$3M) — these specific filings have been widely reported and are weighing on sentiment. Benzinga: Howard Guild Sale Benzinga: Abdellah Merad Sale
• Negative Sentiment: A Freedom Capital downgrade moved SLB to a “strong sell” designation, creating a direct negative research catalyst amid otherwise bullish analyst activity. Zacks / Freedom Capital Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: SLB’s JV with Aker Carbon Capture reported a loss on a carbon‑capture project — this may temper near‑term enthusiasm for SLB’s energy‑transition growth narrative. Upstream: Loss on Carbon Capture Project

Insider Activity at SLB

In other news, Director Peter John Coleman sold 5,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.82, for a total value of $197,010.00. Following the sale, the director owned 18,671 shares in the company, valued at approximately $668,795.22. The trade was a 22.75% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Dianne B. Ralston sold 18,617 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.50, for a total transaction of $921,541.50. Following the sale, the insider owned 224,097 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,092,801.50. This trade represents a 7.67% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 260,849 shares of company stock valued at $11,668,003. Insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on SLB. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of SLB from $56.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Freedom Capital downgraded SLB from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Argus upgraded SLB to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $49.00 price target on shares of SLB in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on SLB from $42.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $51.92.

SLB Stock Performance

NYSE:SLB opened at $48.87 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $73.07 billion, a PE ratio of 20.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. SLB Limited has a 12-month low of $31.11 and a 12-month high of $51.67. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $40.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.98.

SLB (NYSE:SLB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 23rd. The oil and gas company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.04. SLB had a return on equity of 17.45% and a net margin of 9.45%.The company had revenue of $9.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.92 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that SLB Limited will post 3.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SLB Increases Dividend

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

SLB Profile

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.