The 5-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past five years. As of today (2025-07-04), Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio is 0.76.
Competitive Comparison of Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Sortino Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Schlumberger's 5-Year Sortino Ratio falls into.
The 5-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last five year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 5-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the five-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past five year.
A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) 5-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation
The 5-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past five year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average five-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the five-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.
Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.
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SLB is the world's premier oilfield-services company as measured by market share. While the industry is mostly fragmented, SLB holds the first or second competitive position in many of the differentiated oligopolies it operates in. Also known as Schlumberger, the company was founded in 1926 by two brothers bearing the same last name. Today it's most known as a global industry leader in innovation, while it focuses its strategy on its three growth engines: its core, digital, and new energy businesses. Over three fourths of its revenue base is tied to international markets, while the company boasts roughly $3 billion in digital-related revenue.
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