Baker Hughes vs SLB
BKR and SLB side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKR and SLB compare
SLB is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Baker Hughes ($75.2B against $49.1B).
SLB grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.6% versus 3.7% for Baker Hughes).
Baker Hughes keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.1% compared with 8.4% at SLB.
Both pay dividends: Baker Hughes yields 1.9% and SLB 2.3%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKR | SLB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $49.1B | $75.2B |
| Share price | $49.41 | $50.96 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.3% | 38.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 119% | 69.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.68 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 56K | 109K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 8 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 24.7× |
| P/S | 1.7× (better) | 2.0× |
| P/B | 2.4× (better) | 2.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 11.6× |
| P/FCF | 15.2× (better) | 16.5× |
| FCF yield | 6.6% (better) | 6.1% |
| Fair value | $27.84 | $38.85 |
| Margin of safety | −77.5% | −31.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 4.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.0% | 8.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 0.24% (better) | −15.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −20.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 10.1% (better) | 8.4% |
| FCF margin | 11.2% | 12.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.1% (better) | 12.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | 0.43 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 1.39 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.31 | 2.81 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 2.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 31.4% | 55.9% |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 2.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 4.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.2% | 92.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.13% | 0.18% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$72.6M | −$26.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 3.9% |
Go deeper
- BKR stock overview
- BKR income statement
- BKR valuation and score
- SLB stock overview
- SLB income statement
- SLB valuation and score
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