Schlumberger NV (SLB): Today's Featured Energy Leader

Schlumberger (SLB) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy leader. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, Schlumberger rose 68 cents (1%) to $69.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.8 million shares of Schlumberger exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of eight million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $68.80-$70.44 after having opened the day at $70.04 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.64. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were: Whiting USA Trust I (WHX), up 10.8%, Baker Hughes (BHI), up 9.1%, WSP Holdings (WH), up 8.3%, and Superior Energy Services (SPN), up 5.6%.

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Schlumberger Limited, together with its subsidiaries, supplies technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the oil and gas exploration and production industries worldwide. Schlumberger has a market cap of $91.7 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.1, above the average energy industry P/E ratio of 17.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 0.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 21 analysts that rate Schlumberger a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Schlumberger as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, growth in earnings per share and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, Houston American Energy Corporation (HUSA), down 10.9%, ZaZa Energy (ZAZA), down 9.3%, Renewable Energy Group (REGI), down 8.8%, and ATP Oil & Gas (ATPG), down 7.8%, were all laggards within the energy industry with BP (BP) being today's energy industry laggard.

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