By Paul Sankey
Published on April 20, 2024 at 10:16 AM
A major client liked the chart we published last week, highlighting that Schlumberger has a pattern of under-performing quarterly earnings reports. Quod Errat Demonstrandum, as SLB under-performed on its results yesterday, despite a headline beat. All you can analyse is the margins, and guidance outlook change. They came in neutral to mildly negative on a stock that is relatively expensive. SLB was down -2.14% in a tape which saw the mighty energy sector XLE power …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on April 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM
We sent you a theme note on BP & BPX yesterday, which was quite sad, remembering the John Browne Sun King glory days. In fact “harsh but fair” was feedback from one US E&P CEO. But as I have said many times, “if you ever feel sorry for an oil CEO, short the stock.” What should BP do? Get into Namibia. Buy a Gulf of Mexico deepwater player, but first cut out of transition investment; …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Suddenly we are all bullish oils. Last week went well. Certainly it went well by oil’s atrocious recent standards vs the wider market. In fact, last week might just be a very bullish set up for the oils. But that statement depends a lot on NVDA results ahead. NVDA reports this week 21st February Wednesday after the market, going head-to-head with oil laggard APA, formerly Apache. We do not expect APA results to change the …
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