SLB falls after missing Q3 revenue estimates
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** Shares of oilfield services firm SLB SLB.N down 3.2% at $42.59
** Co posts Q3 revenue of $9.16 bln, below analysts' estimates of $9.25 bln as per data compiled by LSEG
** Co warns of muted revenue growth in Q4 as producers tighten budgets and spend less amid weak oil prices
** Weak commodity prices "has resulted in a cautionary approach to activity and discretionary spend by many customers," - CEO Olivier Le Peuch
** SLB's Q3 international revenue grew 12% y-o-y to $7.43 bln, its slowest rate of growth in a year
** Shares further pressured by a decline in crude prices due to demand concerns O/R
** However, co posts adj. profit of 89 cents/share, marginally beating estimates of 88 cents/share
** Co returns $900 mln to shareholders in Q3; expects to exceed its FY target of $3 bln
** "If the company keeps this pace of cash return, SLB is poised to return $3.3bn of cash to shareholders," J.P. Morgan analysts say
** SLB expects acquisition of ChampionX to close in Q1 of 2025
** Including session's moves, stock is down 18.4% YTD
Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru
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