LBRT vs TDW vs SLB Stock Comparison

Liberty Energy, Tidewater and Slb Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LBRT Liberty Energy Inc.
$17.40 -5.6% 1M -8.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.84B
P/E
70.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.44B
Div. yield
2.07%
Oilfield Services Energy
1 win
TDW Tidewater Inc
$85.32 +5.3% 1M +72.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.25B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
–
Oilfield Services Energy
7 wins
SLB Slb Limited/Nv
$53.82 +7.9% 1M +46.1% 1Y
Market cap
$79.44B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.89B
Div. yield
2.16%
Oilfield Services Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Tidewater leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Tidewater 7, Slb 4, Liberty Energy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLBRTTDWSLBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.84B $4.25B $79.44B SLB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 70.4x 17.2x 25.7x TDW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 82.9x 29.6x 21.4x SLB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.6% -1.0% +4.6% LBRT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.9% 18.3% 8.4% TDW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.8% 12.2% 9.3% TDW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.1x 1.2x TDW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.07% 0.00% 2.16% SLB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.1% +72.7% +46.1% TDW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.1%/yr +47.8%/yr +10.8%/yr TDW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.4% 48.6% 36.5% SLB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 75/100 62/100 TDW

Percentile Scorecard

LBRTTDWSLB

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

AxisLBRTTDWSLB
Valuation 65 #17 of 47 44 #27 of 47 33 #32 of 47
Growth 7 #40 of 43 76 #11 of 43 50 #22 of 43
Profitability 36 #26 of 40 97 #2 of 40 87 #6 of 40
Financial Health 30 #32 of 45 84 #8 of 45 52 #22 of 45
Shareholder Returns 52 #15 of 30 – 86 #5 of 30
Overall 38 75 62
  • LBRT ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • TDW ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • SLB ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLBRTTDWSLBSPY
1 month -5.6%+5.3%+7.9% +0.7%
3 months -3.1%+16.0%+10.0% +3.7%
6 months -48.5%-4.5%-5.4% +7.1%
Year to date -5.7%+68.9%+40.2% +12.8%
1 year -8.1%+72.7%+46.1% +11.9%
3 years -10.8%+25.6%-4.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year -3.7%+7.9%-1.5% +22.8%
5 years +34.7%+603.4%+66.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +6.1%+47.8%+10.8% +10.9%
10 years —+65.3%-32.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+5.2%-3.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLBRTTDWSLBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.4%48.6%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.1%46.7%33.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.170.520.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.141.501.26 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.5%-70.3%-48.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.7%-15.2%-10.5% -1.2%
52-week high $33.93$100.61$60.12 $779.14
52-week low $15.28$49.40$35.19 $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.

MultipleLBRTTDWSLB
P/E now vs peer median 70.4xmedian 28.5x 17.2xmedian 28.5x 25.7xmedian 28.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.2x 3.2xmedian 1.2x 2.2xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 8.9x 8.3xmedian 8.9x 11.9xmedian 8.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.4xmedian 15.4x 15.7xmedian 15.4x 17.4xmedian 15.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.6x 3.0xmedian 1.6x 2.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.20median 0.52 0.23median 0.52 -2.46median 0.52

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 monthsLBRTTDWSLB
Revenue $4.44B $1.35B $36.89B
Gross profit $800.93M $651.24M $6.02B
Operating income $74.18M $248.14M $4.64B
Net income $40.31M $245.49M $3.16B
Free cash flow -$652.46M $271.18M $4.56B
R&D – – $678.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.25 $4.93 $2.07
Cash & equivalents $119.00M $613.54M $2.62B
Total debt $1.29B $653.20M $12.80B
Shares (diluted) 163.19M 50.13M 1.50B
Enterprise value $1.44B $2.07B $77.05B

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
MetricLBRTTDWSLB
P/E 70.4x 17.2x 25.7x
P/FCF -4.4x 15.7x 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 5.1x 13.6x 12.5x
P/S 0.6x 3.2x 2.2x
P/B 1.5x 3.0x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 3.0x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.5x 8.3x 11.9x
EV/EBIT 54.1x 17.3x 19.1x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 3.2x 2.4x
EV/FCF -6.1x 15.8x 19.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.2x 13.8x 13.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.20 0.23 -2.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLBRTTDWSLB
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.6% -1.0% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.2% 19.6% 4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -3.0% -4.1% -10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -17.7% 26.2% -1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.6% -19.2% -10.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -55.4% 37.4% -4.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -78.3% 24.2% -16.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -59.7% 72.5% -9.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -78.1% 23.9% -15.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -58.9% 73.2% -10.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -5.4% 2.7% 8.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -16.4% 48.0% 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -30,346% -2.2% 11.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -55.7% 59.2% 18.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLBRTTDWSLB
Gross margin 18.0% 48.4% 16.3%
EBITDA margin 12.1% 38.2% 20.2%
Operating margin 1.7% 18.4% 12.6%
Pretax margin 1.2% 11.9% 10.7%
Net margin 0.9% 18.3% 8.4%
FCF margin -14.7% 20.1% 12.4%
Operating cash flow margin 12.6% 23.1% 17.2%
Return on equity 2.1% 17.8% 11.6%
Return on assets 0.9% 10.4% 5.6%
Return on invested capital 1.8% 12.2% 9.3%
Return on capital employed 2.0% 11.9% 11.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 13.9x 1.3x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.0% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLBRTTDWSLB
Debt / assets 28.7% 27.6% 22.8%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.5x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.1x 1.2x
Debt / FCF -2.0x 2.4x 2.8x
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 41.1% 51.6%
Equity / assets 42.8% 58.9% 48.4%
Interest coverage 2.8x 3.7x 9.2x
Current ratio 1.3x 3.6x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.0x 3.4x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 2.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.12 3.72 3.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLBRTTDWSLB
Dividend yield 2.1% – 2.2%
Net buyback yield – – 1.8%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 0.0% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusLBRTTDWSLB
Forward P/E 82.9xFY2026 29.6xFY2026 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.21FY2026 $2.88FY2026 $2.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +40.0%FY2026 -56.6%FY2026 -14.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -81.0% +111.8% +17.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.69BFY2026 $1.50BFY2026 $38.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.1% +7.6% +0.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLBRTTDWSLB
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 89.8%
Institutions holding 406 363 1,700
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.7% +9.4% +1.6%
Institutions buying 217 183 785
Institutions selling 143 123 663
Buyers to sellers 1.52 1.49 1.18

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.

LBRTTDWSLB
LBRT 1.00 0.26 0.21
TDW 0.26 1.00 0.46
SLB 0.21 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LBRT, TDW and SLB?

Slb (SLB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Liberty Energy (LBRT) $2.84B, Tidewater (TDW) $4.25B, Slb (SLB) $79.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, LBRT, TDW and SLB?

Tidewater (TDW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Liberty Energy (LBRT) 70.4x, Tidewater (TDW) 17.2x, Slb (SLB) 25.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Slb (SLB) is cheapest (Liberty Energy (LBRT) 82.9x, Tidewater (TDW) 29.6x, Slb (SLB) 21.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Energy (LBRT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Liberty Energy (LBRT) +13.6%, Tidewater (TDW) -1.0%, Slb (SLB) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tidewater (TDW) has the highest net margin (Liberty Energy (LBRT) 0.9%, Tidewater (TDW) 18.3%, Slb (SLB) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Tidewater (TDW) leads (Liberty Energy (LBRT) 1.8%, Tidewater (TDW) 12.2%, Slb (SLB) 9.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tidewater (TDW) returned the most: Liberty Energy (LBRT) -8.1%, Tidewater (TDW) +72.7%, Slb (SLB) +46.1%. Over five years, Tidewater (TDW) compounded fastest (Liberty Energy (LBRT) +6.1%/yr, Tidewater (TDW) +47.8%/yr, Slb (SLB) +10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Slb (SLB) has the highest dividend yield: Liberty Energy (LBRT) 2.07%, Tidewater (TDW) 0.00%, Slb (SLB) 2.16%. Tidewater (TDW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Slb (SLB) has been the steadiest (Liberty Energy (LBRT) 59.4%, Tidewater (TDW) 48.6%, Slb (SLB) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LBRT, TDW and SLB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tidewater (TDW) leads on 7. 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.