HAL vs. SLB, BKR, FANG, DVN, LNG, CVE, TRP, TRGP, MPLX, and CQP
Should you be buying Halliburton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), Baker Hughes (BKR), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Mplx (MPLX), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Schlumberger has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Halliburton has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 14 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Halliburton and 11 mentions for Schlumberger. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.56 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.67% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Schlumberger's net margin of 11.20%. Schlumberger's return on equity of 30.84% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Schlumberger presently has a consensus price target of $68.72, suggesting a potential upside of 47.85%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $48.59, suggesting a potential upside of 33.58%. Given Halliburton's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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