SLB Limited (SLB) vs Cactus, Inc. (WHD)

SLB Limited and Cactus, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. SLB Limited is the larger, with a market value of $73.3B against $4.4B — 16.6× the size. SLB Limited trades at the lower P/E: 24.0× against 37.6×. Cactus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 40.4% against 4.65%. SLB Limited has the higher net margin (8.40% vs 6.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.10% vs 15.1%). Both pay a dividend; SLB Limited yields more (2.34% vs 1.03%). Across the 23 metrics below, Cactus, Inc. leads on 15 and SLB Limited on 8.

Valuation

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 24.01 37.56 20.53
P/S 2.01 2.52 1.08
P/B 2.72 2.52 1.64
Price to free cash flow 17.34 13.85 12.36
EV/EBITDA 11.11 8.74 8.00
EV/Sales 2.26 2.31 1.29
Earnings yield 4.16% 2.66% 3.88%
Free cash flow yield 5.77% 7.22% 5.18%

Profitability

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 16.33% 33.51% 22.88%
Operating margin 12.23% 18.76% 7.44%
Net margin 8.40% 6.69% 4.12%
Free cash flow margin 11.57% 18.21% 3.10%
Return on equity 11.44% 7.00% 5.46%
Return on assets 5.57% 4.61% 2.63%
Return on invested capital 8.10% 15.12% 4.26%

Growth

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.65% 40.37% 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (24.44%) (13.00%) (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.63% 25.36% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 36.96% 0.00%

Health

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.01 0.44
Current ratio 1.39 3.06 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 0.74 (1.54) 1.12

Dividend

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 2.34% 1.03% 1.49%
Payout ratio 0.57 0.40 0.36

Size

Metric SLB WHD Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 73.27b 4.42b 1.44b

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