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Opportunities in Natural Gas: Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Schlumberger

Return on capital must not be defined in GAAP, because many definitions of both the numerator and denominator are used. This data on returns on capital are of little use, because it's undefined.

Earnings yield is the inverse of P/E, but not here. So what is it?

SLB has the advantage of a low income tax rate and the disadvantage of a small earnings yield.