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PBR vs SLB

Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro SA and SLB Limited, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

PBR vs SLB, at a glance
Metric PBR SLB
Revenue$91.4B$35.7B
Net income$7.5B$3.4B
Gross margin50.3%·
Net margin8.3%9.7%
Return on equity10.9%14.3%
Diluted EPS$0.58$2.35
Dividend / share··
Payout ratio·47.5%
Free cash flow·$4.8B
Equity$59.1B$26.1B
Net debt / equity0.34×·
Current ratio0.69×1.33×
Revenue CAGR 5y3.6%8.6%
Profit CAGR 5y−5.8%·

PBR bills 2.6× the revenue of SLB, and SLB keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (9.7% against 8.3%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

PBR vs SLB, revenue by year
Fiscal year PBR SLB
FY2024$91.4B$36.3B
FY2023$102.4B$33.1B
FY2022$124.5B$28.1B
FY2021$84.0B$22.9B
FY2020$53.7B$23.6B
FY2019$76.6B$32.9B
FY2018$84.6B$32.8B
FY2017$77.9B$30.4B
FY2016$81.4B$27.8B
FY2015$97.3B$35.5B
Net income by year

Bottom line

PBR vs SLB, net income by year
Fiscal year PBR SLB
FY2024$7.5B$4.5B
FY2023$24.9B$4.2B
FY2022$36.6B$3.4B
FY2021$19.9B$1.9B
FY2020$1.1B$-10.5B
FY2019$10.2B$-10.1B
FY2018$7.2B$2.1B
FY2017$-91.0M$-1.5B
FY2016$-4.8B$-1.7B
FY2015$-8.4B$2.1B
Revenue gap over time

10 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2024+$55,127,000,000PBR
FY2023+$69,274,000,000PBR
FY2022+$96,383,000,000PBR
FY2021+$61,037,000,000PBR
FY2020+$30,082,000,000PBR
FY2019+$43,672,000,000PBR
FY2018+$51,823,000,000PBR
FY2017+$47,444,000,000PBR
FY2016+$53,595,000,000PBR
FY2015+$61,839,000,000PBR

PBR has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 10 fiscal years. The gap has narrowed since the earliest year compared.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

10 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2024−4.3 ppSLB
FY2023+11.5 ppPBR
FY2022+17.1 ppPBR
FY2021+15.4 ppPBR
FY2020+46.2 ppPBR
FY2019+44.2 ppPBR
FY2018+2.1 ppPBR
FY2017+5.2 ppPBR
FY2016+0.5 ppPBR
FY2015−14.9 ppSLB

The higher net margin has changed hands between PBR and SLB over this period.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

SLB's net margin has been more volatile than PBR's over the 10 comparable fiscal years — 18.8 percentage points of standard deviation against 12.4.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between PBR and SLB over these 10 fiscal years — PBR led in 8 and SLB in 2.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

SLB's return on equity has been more volatile than PBR's over the 10 comparable fiscal years — 25.1 percentage points of standard deviation against 19.2.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between PBR and SLB over these 10 fiscal years — PBR led in 7 and SLB in 3.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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