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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

Cash-generative scale with cyclical margins and acquisition-shaped comparisons

SLB’s multiyear record shows revenue expansion and margin improvement through 2024, followed by some easing, alongside recurring positive free cash flow. The ChampionX acquisition broadened reported revenue and makes comparisons more acquisition-sensitive, without changing the underlying pattern of cash generation.

What is developing

The latest quarter showed revenue growth both sequentially and year over year, while operating income and common earnings remained below the year-earlier quarter. That combination suggests a sequential recovery without yet reversing the recent margin pressure.

What matters next

Whether revenue recovery is accompanied by sustained improvement in operating margin.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
2.9B 1.8B 1.4B 1.1B 844m 1.8B 1.7B 2.9B 3.5B 3B
2.9B 1.8B 1.4B 1.1B 844m 1.8B 1.7B 2.9B 3.5B 3B
6.3B 3.3B 1.3B 1B 2.2B 1.4B 1.2B 1.1B 1.1B 1.2B
9.4B 8.1B 7.9B 7.7B 5.2B 5.3B 7B 7.8B 8B 8.7B
9.4B 8.1B 7.9B 7.7B 5.2B 5.3B 7B 7.8B 8B 8.7B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4.2B 4B 4B 4.1B 3.4B 3.3B 4B 4.4B 4.4B 5B
1.1B 1.3B 1.1B 1.5B 1.3B 928m 1.1B 1.5B 1.5B 1.6B
23.9B 18.5B 15.7B 15.5B 12.9B 12.7B 15B 17.7B 18.6B 19.5B
12.8B 11.6B 13.5B 10.6B 7.6B 7B 6.6B 7.2B 7.4B 7.9B
12.8B 11.6B 13.5B 10.6B 7.6B 7B 6.6B 7.2B 7.4B 7.9B
(27.2B) (26.2B) (27B) (25.7B) (22.9B) (22.6B) (21.8B) (22.7B) (22.2B) (24.2B)
9.9B 9.4B 8.7B 7.1B 3.5B 3.2B 3B 3.2B 3B 5B
25B 25.1B 24.9B 16B 13B 13B 13B 14.1B 14.6B 16.8B
1.5B 1.5B 1.5B 1.6B 2.1B 2B 1.6B 1.6B 1.6B 1.8B
4.9B 5.9B 6.1B 5.5B 3.4B 3.6B 4B 4.1B 3.8B 3.9B
25B 25.1B 24.9B 16B 13B 13B 13B 14.1B 14.6B 16.8B
78B 72B 70.5B 56.3B 42.4B 41.5B 43.1B 48B 48.9B 54.9B
3.9B 4.6B 4.7B 4.8B 2.9B 3.2B 3.9B 4.6B 4.2B 4.9B
1.3B 1.3B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.6B 1.7B 1.8B 1.7B 2.3B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2B 3.3B 1.4B 524m 850m 909m 1.6B 1.1B 1.1B 1.9B
6.6B 6B 5.6B 6B 4.9B 4.7B 4.8B 5.8B 5.9B 5.7B
1.1B 752m 877m 910m 941m 1.1B 1.2B 2B 2B 2.3B
15.1B 15.3B 13.5B 13.1B 10.5B 10.4B 12B 13.4B 12.8B 14.7B
16.5B 14.9B 14.6B 14.8B 16B 13.3B 10.6B 10.8B 11B 9.7B
1.9B 1.7B 1.4B 491m 19m 94m 61m 140m 67m 644m
451m 419m 424m 416m 418m 282m 304m 1.2B 1.2B 1.2B
3B 2.9B 4.4B 3.8B 3.4B 2.5B 2.5B 2.2B 2.7B 2.5B
36.9B 35.1B 34.3B 32.6B 30.4B 26.5B 25.5B 27.8B 27.8B 28.8B
12.8B 13B 13.1B 13.1B 13B 12.6B 11.8B 11.6B 11.5B 16.4B
36.5B 32.2B 31.7B 18.8B 7B 8.2B 10.7B 13.5B 16.4B 18.1B
21m 13m 2m 2m 2m 0 — — — —
(3.6B) (4B) (4B) (3.6B) (3B) (2.2B) (1B) (678m) (1.8B) (3.6B)
(4.7B) (4.3B) (4.6B) (4.4B) (4.9B) (3.6B) (3.9B) (4.3B) (5B) (4.7B)
41.1B 36.8B 36.2B 23.8B 12.1B 15B 17.7B 20.2B 21.1B 26.1B
78B 72B 70.5B 56.3B 42.4B 41.5B 43.1B 48B 48.9B 54.9B
1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.4B 1.5B