shares of schlumberger ltd slb edged up 02 in premarket trading friday even after the oil services company reported fourthquarter profit and revenue that beat expectations and increased its quarterly dividend by 43 net income rose to 107 billion or 74 cents a share from 601 million or 42 cents a share in the yearago period excluding nonrecurring items adjusted earnings per share of 71 cents topped the factset consensus of 68 cents revenue grew 266 to 788 billion above the factset consensus of 781 billion with growth seen in all business divisions the company said the outlook for its business remains “very compelling” as overall oil and gas demand is expected to increase in 2023 despite concerns over an economic slowdown while supply remains tight and as concerns over energy security is prompting increased investments in energy services separately the company raised its quarterly dividend to 250 cents a share from 175 cents a share with the new dividend payable april 6 to shareholders of record on feb 8 the stock which had closed tuesday at the highest price since october 2018 has soared 256 over the past three months through thursday while the vaneck oil services exchangetraded fund oih has climbed 197 and the sp 500 spx has gained 64