AROC vs SLB vs EPD Stock Comparison

Archrock, Slb and Enterprise Products Partners Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AROC Archrock, Inc.
$31.66 +4.0% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.55B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.50B
Div. yield
2.78%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
5 wins
SLB Slb Limited/Nv
$54.08 +4.9% 1M +49.6% 1Y
Market cap
$80.26B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.37B
Div. yield
2.14%
Oilfield Services Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Enterprise Products Partners leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Enterprise Products Partners 5, Archrock 5, Slb 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAROCSLBEPDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.55B $80.26B $80.29B EPD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 26.0x 12.8x EPD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x 21.5x 13.0x EPD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.5% +2.5% +6.8% AROC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.8% 8.5% 10.8% AROC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.5% 9.5% 12.2% AROC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 1.2x 3.2x SLB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.78% 2.14% 5.93% EPD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.8% +49.6% +19.3% SLB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +30.4%/yr +10.2%/yr +10.0%/yr AROC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 36.6% 18.5% EPD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 82/100 59/100 51/100 AROC

Percentile Scorecard

AROCSLBEPD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAROCSLBEPD
Valuation 85 #6 of 35 28 #34 of 47 71 #11 of 35
Growth 94 #3 of 34 45 #24 of 43 24 #26 of 34
Profitability 88 #5 of 34 85 #7 of 40 49 #18 of 34
Financial Health 71 #11 of 35 57 #20 of 45 68 #12 of 35
Shareholder Returns 73 #9 of 31 81 #7 of 32 43 #18 of 31
Overall 82 59 51
  • AROC ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • SLB ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • EPD ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAROCSLBEPDSPY
1 month +4.0%+4.9%+0.9% -0.2%
3 months -10.3%+8.2%-3.8% +3.9%
6 months -16.7%-2.8%-3.4% +8.2%
Year to date +21.7%+40.9%+16.0% +12.9%
1 year +23.8%+49.6%+19.3% +12.3%
3 years +153.1%-3.1%+37.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +36.3%-1.1%+11.2% +23.3%
5 years +276.9%+62.4%+60.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year +30.4%+10.2%+10.0% +10.9%
10 years +171.8%-32.1%+42.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +10.5%-3.8%+3.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAROCSLBEPDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%36.6%18.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.6%33.4%18.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.520.74-0.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.731.351.04 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.8%-48.9%-19.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.5%-10.0%-6.6% -1.2%
52-week high $41.95$60.12$39.80 $779.14
52-week low $23.04$35.19$30.22 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAROCSLBEPD
P/E now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 20.9x 26.0xmedian 26.1x 12.8xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.7x 2.2xmedian 1.3x 1.4xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 11.0x 12.0xmedian 8.8x 11.0xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 16.5x 16.7xmedian 14.9x 23.2xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.6x 2.9xmedian 1.7x 2.6xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 1.95 -2.89median 0.49 2.40median 1.95

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAROCSLBEPD
Revenue $1.50B $36.37B $58.47B
Gross profit $1.01B $6.01B –
Operating income $850.31M $4.68B $7.85B
Net income $328.53M $3.15B $6.37B
Free cash flow $291.33M $4.81B $3.46B
R&D – $692.00M –
EPS (diluted) $1.88 $2.06 $2.89
Cash & equivalents $2.00M $2.74B $246.00M
Total debt $9.70B $12.80B $33.23B
Shares (diluted) 174.74M 1.51B 2.19B
Enterprise value $5.54B $77.37B $78.72B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAROCSLBEPD
P/E 16.8x 26.0x 12.8x
P/FCF 19.1x 16.7x 23.2x
P/Operating cash flow 7.7x 12.3x 9.1x
P/S 3.7x 2.2x 1.4x
P/B 3.6x 2.9x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 3.9x 3.6x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA 6.9x 12.0x 11.0x
EV/EBIT 9.3x 19.0x 14.4x
EV/Revenue 5.2x 2.4x 1.9x
EV/FCF 27.1x 18.5x 32.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 13.6x 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 -2.89 2.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAROCSLBEPD
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.5% 2.5% 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 5.3% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.7% -15.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.3% -0.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 25.9% -16.5% 7.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.3% -2.2% 5.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 41.9% -25.2% 7.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 69.9% -7.6% 4.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 42.3% -31.3% 7.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 63.1% -9.0% 5.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 56.3% -1.6% 0.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.2% 8.5% 6.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1,641% 0.1% -17.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 74.1% 21.2% -9.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAROCSLBEPD
Gross margin 67.3% 16.5% –
EBITDA margin 76.3% 20.5% 17.6%
Operating margin 56.5% 12.9% 13.4%
Pretax margin 29.0% 10.8% 10.9%
Net margin 21.8% 8.5% 10.8%
FCF margin 19.4% 13.2% 5.9%
Operating cash flow margin 48.2% 18.0% 15.2%
Return on equity 21.5% 11.5% 20.7%
Return on assets 7.5% 5.7% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 16.5% 9.5% 12.2%
Return on capital employed 20.4% 11.4% 12.3%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 2.1x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% 0.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAROCSLBEPD
Debt / assets 52.8% 23.0% 40.6%
Debt / equity 1.5x 0.5x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 1.2x 3.2x
Debt / FCF 8.1x 2.7x 9.6x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 50.9% 62.0%
Equity / assets 34.9% 49.1% 38.0%
Interest coverage 5.2x 9.1x 5.2x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.4x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.46 3.24 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAROCSLBEPD
Dividend yield 2.8% 2.1% 5.9%
Net buyback yield 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 3.6% 3.2% 6.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 46.4% – 74.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 52.3% – 136.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 20.6% – 3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.1% – 4.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAROCSLBEPD
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 21.5xFY2026 13.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.68FY2026 $2.52FY2026 $2.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.2%FY2026 -14.0%FY2026 +7.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.2% +17.1% +17.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.55BFY2026 $38.38BFY2026 $66.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +26.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.1% +0.5% +2.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAROCSLBEPD
Held by institutions 100.0% 89.8% 24.8%
Institutions holding 453 1,698 1,581
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +1.6% +0.8%
Institutions buying 261 783 670
Institutions selling 126 663 435
Buyers to sellers 2.07 1.18 1.54

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AROCSLBEPD
AROC 1.00 0.33 0.28
SLB 0.33 1.00 0.24
EPD 0.28 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AROC, SLB and EPD?

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Archrock (AROC) $5.55B, Slb (SLB) $80.26B, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) $80.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, AROC, SLB and EPD?

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Archrock (AROC) 16.8x, Slb (SLB) 26.0x, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 12.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) is cheapest (Archrock (AROC) 18.8x, Slb (SLB) 21.5x, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 13.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Archrock (AROC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Archrock (AROC) +11.5%, Slb (SLB) +2.5%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +6.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Archrock (AROC) has the highest net margin (Archrock (AROC) 21.8%, Slb (SLB) 8.5%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 10.8%). On return on invested capital, Archrock (AROC) leads (Archrock (AROC) 16.5%, Slb (SLB) 9.5%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Slb (SLB) returned the most: Archrock (AROC) +23.8%, Slb (SLB) +49.6%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +19.3%. Over five years, Archrock (AROC) compounded fastest (Archrock (AROC) +30.4%/yr, Slb (SLB) +10.2%/yr, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +10.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) has the highest dividend yield: Archrock (AROC) 2.78%, Slb (SLB) 2.14%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 5.93%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) has been the steadiest (Archrock (AROC) 32.7%, Slb (SLB) 36.6%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 18.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AROC, SLB and EPD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.