Oil Earnings Results Post-Performance FWIW

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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Sunday Paty, Paty, and St Patrick

By Paul Sankey Published on March 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Greetings, Happy St Patrick’s Day to all, not least my wife Patricia and her mom, Patricia, both “Paty”. A thought today for my Irish grandmother, Ivy. From Cork. This past week: ExxonMobil slipped out the old Friday-night-after-the-close press release on yet more Guyana exploration success Profrac announced a market share war in US pressure pumping that we thought so significant, we started a major oil price & market thematic. Stay tuned on ACDC (the ticker …

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Morning You Can’t Buy Chips and Short Energy

By Paul Sankey Published on February 1, 2024 at 9:23 AM

Happy Hour today with Frank Kelly, of Fulcrum Macro, our favourite Washington DC/global geopolitics expert. Register here: https://analysthub.zoom.us/j/84966171042?pwd=M1RwalJ3ZFdoQnpNZHBkbGxETkNJZz09 Frank began his career as a writer for President Ronald Reagan and went on to serve in the White House Office. He served as a writer for President George H.W. Bush and then at the Justice Department, focusing on national security and international issues. From there, Frank went to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as Senior …

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