First Eagle Investment Management recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The First Eagle Global Fund A Shares posted a return of 5.64% for the third quarter (without sales charge), underperforming its benchmark, the MSCI World Index which returned 7.93% in the same quarter. You should check out First Eagle’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the said letter, First Eagle highlighted a few stocks and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) is one of them. Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) is an oilfield services company. Year-to-date, Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) stock lost 64.1% and on October 29th it had a closing price of $14.45. Here is what First Eagle said:
“Oilfield services giant Schlumberger struggled to gain traction following the initial pandemic-related selloff of the first quarter. The company has been aggressive in cutting costs in response to the difficult operating environment; it has slashed about 25% of its workforce, reduced its dividend and sold off assets, including its North American hydraulic fracking business. We see Schlumberger’s financial strength and dominant market position as sources of resilience that may potentially enable it to respond positively if and when oil prices rebound.”
In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) stock increased by about 8% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Schlumberger’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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