Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Schlumberger Ltd shares valued at $1,433,350 were sold by Ralston Dianne B. on Sep 12 ’25. At $36.08 per share, Ralston Dianne B. sold 39,727 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 202,201 shares worth approximately $7.03 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Ralston Dianne B. purchased 39,727 shares, netting a total of over 1,433,365 in proceeds.
Before that, de La Chevardiere Patrick had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $167,900, the Director traded Schlumberger Ltd shares for $33.58 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.82 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Melius on August 20, 2025, Schlumberger Ltd [SLB] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $82. Analysts at Wells Fargo upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of January 21, 2025, TD Cowen has reiterated its “Buy” rating for SLB. Earlier on January 15, 2025, Evercore ISI downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an In-line” for SLB stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing SLB Stock Performance
On last trading session, Schlumberger Ltd [NYSE: SLB] plunged -1.28% to $34.79. The stock’s lowest price that day was $34.475, but it reached a high of $35.67 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.79%. Over the course of the year, Schlumberger Ltd shares have dropped approximately -12.94%.
Is Schlumberger Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Schlumberger Ltd saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 2.4 million shares to 38.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 35.85 million shares. A jump of 6.28% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.04 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.04.
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In terms of Schlumberger Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 48 in the next 12 months, up nearly 36.21% from the previous closing price of $35.24. Analysts anticipate Schlumberger Ltd stock to reach 52 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 13 analysts ranked Schlumberger Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
