SLB Value Scorecard - Schlumberger

Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18

13 value checks: 12 scored 1 to 5, plus moat evidence

36/60

moderate value score

Earnings & returns

EPS Trend

2/5

Diluted EPS: $2.39 (2022), $2.91 (2023), $3.11 (2024), $2.35 (2025). It ended at or below 2022; the framework scores that as 2.

ROE Trend

5/5

ROE (net income / common equity): 19.5% (2022), 20.8% (2023), 21.1% (2024), 12.9% (2025). Median 20.1%, lowest 12.9%; the framework scores a median above 20% as 5.

ROIC

3/5

ROIC of 12.1%: earnings before interest and taxes of $4.85B (pre-tax income $4.29B plus interest expense $558.00M; the 10-K's financial data has no standard operating income figure) divided by $40.15B of capital (total assets $54.87B minus current liabilities $14.72B), fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 10-15% as 3.

Profit Margins

3/5

Net margin of 8.5%; the framework scores 5-10% as 3; gross margin 17.0%, operating margin 12.7%.

Balance sheet & cash

Debt-to-Equity

4/5

Debt-to-equity of 0.47; the framework scores 0.3-0.8 as 4 (total debt $12.81B, total cash $4.12B).

Free Cash Flow

4/5

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): $2.00B (2022), $4.54B (2023), $4.47B (2024), $4.54B (2025). It rose every year but one and ended above 2022; the framework scores that as 4.

Retained Earnings

5/5

Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): $10.72B (2022), $13.50B (2023), $16.39B (2024), $18.07B (2025). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

Valuation models

Graham IV

1/5

IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $2.07 x (8.5 + 2 x 0.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $17.20 (EPS CAGR -10.1% floored at 0%; the formula returns a negative value below -4.25% growth). Current price $49.50; price is 187.7% above the model value.

DCF Value

1/5

FCF/share = $1.991, stage 1 growth = 3.8% for 5 years, terminal growth = 3%, discount rate = 10%. Stage 1 PV = $8.39, PV of terminal value = $21.92, DCF value = $30.31. Current price $49.50; price is 63.3% above the model value.

Margin of Safety

1/5

Graham value $17.20 (price is 187.7% above the model value); DCF value $30.31 (price is 63.3% above the model value).

Price-to-Book

3/5

P/B of 2.82; the framework scores 1.5-3.0 as 3.

Business quality

Moat Evidence

Not scored

A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.

Return on capital, each year

Above 15% in 3 of 10 years (2016-2025); lowest 5.2%, highest 18.9%.

Gross margin, each year

Not reported: the filings don’t state a gross profit or cost of revenue figure, as is common for oil and gas companies, banks and insurers.

Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Jan 23, 2026

The principal methods of competition within the energy services industry are technological innovation, quality of service, and price differentiation. These factors vary geographically and are dependent upon the different services and products that SLB offers. SLB has numerous competitors, both large and small.

The opening of the company’s “Competition” section in its 10-K, quoted word for word, not summarized or edited. It is the company’s own description, not Valerius’s view, and may include the company’s expectations. Open the filing.

Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. For a year whose 10-K financial data has no standard operating income figure, earnings before interest and taxes (pre-tax income plus interest expense) is used. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.

Capital Allocation

4/5

Capital allocation, 2022-2025: dividends or buybacks paid in every year (pass); $10.14B paid out against $15.57B of free cash flow (pass); total debt $12.23B to $11.64B, down 4.8%, 1.7x EBITDA (pass: not up more than 10%); shares outstanding 1.42B to 1.50B, up 5.3% (fail: up more than 2%). 3 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 4.

Filings

Company notices to the SEC

Not scored

Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.

These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.

How the Graham and DCF values were calculated

  Graham Formula:
    IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y)
    EPS = $2.07, g = 0.0%, Y = 4.5
    g floored at 0.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was -10.1%; below -4.25% the formula returns a negative value)
    IV = $17.20
    Current price $49.50 vs Graham value $17.20 — price is 187.7% above the model value.

  DCF:
    FCF/share = $1.991
    Stage 1 growth = 3.8% for 5 years | terminal growth = 3.0% | discount rate = 10.0%
      Y1: $2.067 → PV $1.879
      Y2: $2.145 → PV $1.773
      Y3: $2.227 → PV $1.673
      Y4: $2.311 → PV $1.579
      Y5: $2.399 → PV $1.490
    Stage 1 PV sum = $8.39
    Terminal value at end of Y5 = $35.30
    PV of terminal value = $21.92
    DCF value = $30.31
    Current price $49.50 vs DCF value $30.31 — price is 63.3% above the model value.

Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $49.50. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.

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