Weekly 3-Year Low Highlights: Schlumberger, Nomura Holdings, CenturyLink, Hess

A review of companies whose stocks have recently reached their 3-year low prices

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Jan 04, 2016
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According to GuruFocus list of three-year lows, Schlumberger Ltd., Nomura Holdings Inc., CenturyLink Inc., and Hess Corp. have all reached their three-year low prices.

Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB, Financial) reached $69.18

The prices of Schlumberger shares have declined to $69.18, which is 43.9% off its three-year high of $118.76.

Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to the international oil and gas exploration and production industry. The company has a market cap of $87.28 billion, and its shares were traded at around $69.21 with a P/E ratio of 26.07 and P/S ratio of 2.18. The dividend yield of Schlumberger stocks is 2.88%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.20% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Schlumberger the business predictability rank of 4-star.

Schlumberger has released its third quarter 2015 results, with revenue of $8.5 billion, which represented a 33% decrease over revenue of $12.6 billion in the same quarter last year. Diluted EPS from continuing operations decreased 48% year-over-year to 78 cents, and pretax operating margin was down 424 basis points at 18%.

Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR, Financial) reached $5.48

The prices of Nomura Holdings shares have declined to $5.48, which is 45.6% off the three-year high of $9.64.

Nomura Holdings has a market cap of $19.71 billion, and its shares were traded at around $5.48 with a P/E ratio of 9.29 and a P/S ratio of 1.52. The company has a dividend yield of 3.38%, and it had an annual average earnings growth of 21.30% over the past five years.

For its second quarter ended Sept. 30, Nomura Holdings reported net revenue of 760.6 billion yen – 2% higher than the year-ago period. Diluted EPS attributable to shareholders was 31.26 yen compared with 19.34 yen a year ago.

CenturyLink Inc. (CTL, Financial) reached $25.11

The prices of CenturyLink shares have declined to $25.11, which is 47.2% off its three-year high of $45.67.

CenturyLink has a market cap of $13.79 billion. Its shares were traded at around $25.11 with a P/E ratio of 19.27 and a P/S ratio of 0.80. The dividend yield of Centurylink stocks is 8.59% and the compnay had an annual average earnings growth of 1.20% over the past 10 years.

CenturyLink has released its third quarter 2015 results. The company generated total operating revenue of $4.55 billion, which compares to $4.51 billion for the third quarter of 2014. Operating income for the third quarter of 2015 was $656 million and net income was $205 million, which compares to $619 million and $188 million for the 2014 quarter. Diluted EPS was 37 cents.

Director C G Melville Jr. sold 700 shares of CTL stock on Dec. 15 at the average price of $24.51.

Hess Corp. (HES, Financial) reached $48.18

The prices of Hess Corp. shares have declined to $48.18, which is 55.0% off the three-year high of $104.50.

Hess has a market cap of $13.78 billion. Its shares were traded at around $48.18 with a P/S ratio of 1.70. The dividend yield of Hess stocks is 2.06%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 6.20% over the past 10 years.

Hess reported third quarter 2015 adjusted net loss of $291 million, or $1.03 per share. This compares to adjusted net income of $377 million, or $1.24 per share in the year-ago quarter. Net loss without adjustment was $279 million compared to net income of $1,008 million in the year-ago quarter.

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