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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Question of the week
Date: 08/13/26 10:14 AM
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Total return 49% (27%/yr) from that post 1.7 years ago, but (again, not really knowing the industry) it superficially looks to me like greater than 50/50 chance of a double digit nominal annual total return in the next few years from here ($52.61 in the US).

That's assuming no catastrophes to their overall business, which I can't comment on because I don't really know the industry or its hidden risks.


This refers to SLB. While rebranded as an energy company, it is still largely an oil service company and share price tends to move a lot in tandem with oil price. I do wonder how much of the business returns actually go towards shareholders. If we go with Yahoo Finance adjusted close prices to yesterday's close of $52.61, I get the following nominal total return CAGR numbers:

- 1 year : 64.1%
- 2 year : 12.5%
- 3 year : -1.6%
- 5 year : 15.5%
- 10 year : -1.5%
- 15 year : -0.1%
- 20 year : 1.19%
- 25 year : 5.1%
- 30 year : 5.43%
- 40 year : 7.49%

So how would a long term buy and hold shareholder have fared after inflation?

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