Compare Stocks: NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BKR Baker Hughes	$56.00 +0.7%	$60.75	$43.92 ▼ $70.41	$55.21B	1.04	8.26 million shs	3.98 million shs
HAL Halliburton	$31.83 -0.2%	$34.06	$21.46 ▼ $43.59	$26.56B	0.83	10.14 million shs	8.10 million shs
NOV NOV	$18.81 -0.5%	$20.37	$12.28 ▼ $21.93	$6.74B	0.97	3.11 million shs	3.13 million shs
SLB SLB	$48.71 +0.1%	$53.04	$31.64 ▼ $60.46	$72.22B	0.83	13.28 million shs	11.17 million shs
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	$62.82 +0.2%	$62.20	$42.35 ▼ $66.17	$40.51B	0.43	43.00 million shs	29.23 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BKR Baker Hughes	+0.68%	-3.16%	-13.35%	+6.10%	+15.80%
HAL Halliburton	-0.17%	-2.76%	-15.51%	-3.50%	+27.63%
NOV NOV	-0.40%	-5.35%	-13.41%	+4.34%	+38.75%
SLB SLB	+0.10%	-5.56%	-16.16%	+8.01%	+38.88%
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	+0.19%	+1.26%	-3.50%	+18.04%	+40.63%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BKR Baker Hughes	$56.00 +0.7%	$60.75	$43.92 ▼ $70.41	$55.21B	1.04	8.26 million shs	3.98 million shs
HAL Halliburton	$31.83 -0.2%	$34.06	$21.46 ▼ $43.59	$26.56B	0.83	10.14 million shs	8.10 million shs
NOV NOV	$18.81 -0.5%	$20.37	$12.28 ▼ $21.93	$6.74B	0.97	3.11 million shs	3.13 million shs
SLB SLB	$48.71 +0.1%	$53.04	$31.64 ▼ $60.46	$72.22B	0.83	13.28 million shs	11.17 million shs
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	$62.82 +0.2%	$62.20	$42.35 ▼ $66.17	$40.51B	0.43	43.00 million shs	29.23 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BKR Baker Hughes	+0.68%	-3.16%	-13.35%	+6.10%	+15.80%
HAL Halliburton	-0.17%	-2.76%	-15.51%	-3.50%	+27.63%
NOV NOV	-0.40%	-5.35%	-13.41%	+4.34%	+38.75%
SLB SLB	+0.10%	-5.56%	-16.16%	+8.01%	+38.88%
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	+0.19%	+1.26%	-3.50%	+18.04%	+40.63%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BKR Baker Hughes	2.95	Moderate Buy	$71.41	27.52% Upside
HAL Halliburton	2.68	Moderate Buy	$43.24	35.84% Upside
NOV NOV	2.19	Hold	$21.23	12.89% Upside
SLB SLB	2.91	Moderate Buy	$61.80	26.88% Upside
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.66	Moderate Buy	$62.82	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/30/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$72.00 ➝ $69.00
9/30/2026	NOV NOV	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$22.00 ➝ $21.00
9/29/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$71.00
9/29/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$80.00 ➝ $77.00
9/29/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$78.00 ➝ $76.00
9/29/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
9/21/2026	NOV NOV	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
9/16/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
9/14/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$70.00 ➝ $72.00
9/14/2026	HAL Halliburton	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$39.00 ➝ $42.00
9/14/2026	SLB SLB	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$72.00 ➝ $75.00

(Data available from 10/3/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BKR Baker Hughes	$27.73B	2.01	$3.84 per share	14.58	$19.24 per share	2.91
HAL Halliburton	$22.18B	1.20	$3.81 per share	8.35	$12.54 per share	2.54
NOV NOV	$8.64B	0.78	$1.79 per share	10.51	$17.33 per share	1.09
SLB SLB	$36.37B	1.99	$4.70 per share	10.37	$18.25 per share	2.67
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BKR Baker Hughes	$2.59B	$3.10	18.06	17.78	2.42	11.17%	13.85%	5.80%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
HAL Halliburton	$1.28B	$1.91	16.66	10.90	1.84	7.16%	18.71%	7.89%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
NOV NOV	$145M	$0.26	72.33	14.36	N/A	1.10%	3.44%	1.94%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
SLB SLB	$3.37B	$2.07	23.53	15.22	2.77	8.53%	14.05%	6.95%	10/23/2026 (Estimated)
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	15.59	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	BKR Baker Hughes	$0.6060	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.70 billion	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	NOV NOV	$0.2544	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.19 billion	N/A
10/23/2026	Q3 2026	SLB SLB	$0.6190	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.27 billion	N/A
10/20/2026	Q3 2026	HAL Halliburton	$0.5840	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.58 billion	N/A
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	NOV NOV	$0.1664	$0.31	+$0.1436	$0.31	$2.08 billion	$2.13 billion
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	BKR Baker Hughes	$0.5110	$0.64	+$0.1290	$0.68	$6.54 billion	$6.74 billion
7/25/2026	Q2 2026	SLB SLB	$0.5110	$0.55	+$0.0390	$0.52	$8.67 billion	$8.97 billion
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	HAL Halliburton	$0.5380	$0.55	+$0.0120	$0.64	$5.50 billion	$5.71 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BKR Baker Hughes	$0.92	1.64%	+5.02%	29.68%	4 Years
HAL Halliburton	$0.68	2.14%	+16.27%	35.60%	4 Years
NOV NOV	$0.36	1.91%	+59.12%	138.46%	1 Years
SLB SLB	$1.18	2.42%	+5.31%	57.00%	5 Years
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.52	2.42%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/23/2026	SLB SLB	quarterly	$0.2950	2.03%	9/2/2026	9/2/2026	10/8/2026
8/18/2026	NOV NOV	quarterly	$0.09	1.71%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	9/25/2026
8/22/2026	HAL Halliburton	quarterly	$0.17	1.8%	9/2/2026	9/2/2026	9/23/2026
7/22/2026	BKR Baker Hughes	quarterly	$0.23	1.49%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BKR Baker Hughes	0.77	2.09	1.76
HAL Halliburton	0.64	2.02	1.50
NOV NOV	0.27	2.42	1.61
SLB SLB	0.41	1.44	1.05
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BKR Baker Hughes	92.06%
HAL Halliburton	85.23%
NOV NOV	93.27%
SLB SLB	81.99%
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BKR Baker Hughes	0.19%
HAL Halliburton	0.57%
NOV NOV	1.15%
SLB SLB	0.16%
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BKR Baker Hughes	56,000	992.67 million	990.79 million	Optionable
HAL Halliburton	46,000	833.13 million	828.38 million	Optionable
NOV NOV	31,605	356.48 million	352.38 million	Optionable
SLB SLB	109,000	1.48 billion	1.48 billion	Optionable
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	644.90 million	N/A	Not Optionable

NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Fall in Early Trading Friday

October 2 at 2:55 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Dollar Strengthens on Oil Surge & Hawkish Fed Policy: ETFs to Benefit

October 2 at 1:11 PM | zacks.com

Brent Oil Is Back Above $100 as a Third Aircraft Carrier Heads to the Middle East

October 2 at 7:35 AM | 247wallst.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Rise Late Afternoon

October 1 at 7:02 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Which Energy ETF Fits Your Portfolio? State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) or the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP)?

October 1 at 2:02 PM | fool.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Advance Pre-Bell Wednesday

September 30 at 2:33 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Softer Tuesday Afternoon

September 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Why Suncor’s 50% Rally May Not Be Over

September 28, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Rise Premarket Monday

September 28, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Fall Pre-Bell Friday

September 25, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Rise Thursday Afternoon

September 24, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Rise Late Afternoon

September 24, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Midstream ETFs Gather $1.1B in Flows Amid Energy Volatility

September 24, 2026 | etftrends.comE

US energy secretary seeks refiners' help amid narrow options to curb diesel price

September 24, 2026 | reuters.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Rise Premarket Thursday

September 24, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Energy ETF chart flashes bullish signal from put-call ratio

September 24, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Fall Pre-Bell Tuesday

September 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Sector Update: Energy Stocks Fall Late Afternoon

September 21, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

XLE Is 91% Oil and Gas. Investors Buying “Energy” May Own Less Than They Think

September 21, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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September 21, 2026 | zacks.com

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NOV, XLE, HAL, SLB, and BKR Company Descriptions

Baker Hughes NASDAQ:BKR

$56.00 +0.38 (+0.68%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$56.20 +0.20 (+0.36%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:52 PM Eastern

Baker Hughes Company provides a portfolio of technologies and services to energy and industrial value chain worldwide. The company operates through Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE) and Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segments. The OFSE segment designs and manufactures products and provides related services, including exploration, appraisal, development, production, rejuvenation, and decommissioning for onshore and offshore oilfield operations. This segment also provides drilling services, drill bits, and drilling and completions fluids; completions, intervention, measurements, pressure pumping, and wireline services; artificial lift systems, and oilfield and industrial chemicals; subsea projects and services, flexible pipe systems, and surface pressure control systems; and integrated well services and solutions. It serves oil and natural gas companies; the United States and international independent oil and natural gas companies; national or state-owned oil companies; engineering, procurement, and construction contractors; geothermal companies; and other oilfield service companies. The IET segment provides gas technology equipment, including drivers, driven equipment, flow control, and turnkey solutions for the mechanical-drive, compression, and power-generation applications; and energy sectors, such as oil and gas, LNG operations, petrochemical, and carbon solutions. This segment also provides rack-based vibration monitoring equipment and sensors; integrated asset performance management products; inspection services; pumps, valves, and gears; precision sensors and instrumentation, and condition monitoring solutions. It serves upstream, midstream, downstream, onshore, offshore, and small and large scale customers. The company was formerly known as Baker Hughes, a GE company and changed its name to Baker Hughes Company in October 2019. Baker Hughes Company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Halliburton NYSE:HAL

$31.83 -0.05 (-0.16%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.00 +0.17 (+0.53%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:50 PM Eastern

Halliburton Company provides products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services that include stimulation and sand control services; cementing services, such as well bonding and casing, and casing equipment; and completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, and service tools, as well as liner hanger, sand control, and multilateral systems. This segment also provides electrical submersible pumps, as well as artificial lift services; production solutions comprising coiled tubing, hydraulic workover units, downhole tools, and pumping and nitrogen services; pipeline and process services, such as pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance, and decommissioning; and specialty chemicals and services. The Drilling and Evaluation segment offers drilling fluid systems, performance additives, completion fluids, solids control, specialized testing equipment, and waste management services; drilling systems and services; wireline and perforating services consists of open-hole logging, and cased-hole and slickline; and drill bits and services comprising roller cone rock bits, fixed cutter bits, hole enlargement, and related downhole tools and services, as well as coring equipment and services. This segment also provides cloud based digital services and artificial intelligence solutions on an open architecture for subsurface insights, integrated well construction, and reservoir and production management; testing and subsea services, such as acquisition and analysis of reservoir information and optimization solutions; and project management and integrated asset management services. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is based in Houston, Texas.

NOV NYSE:NOV

$18.81 -0.10 (-0.54%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$19.05 +0.24 (+1.29%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The company provides solids control and waste management equipment and services, managed pressure drilling, drilling fluids, premium drillpipe, wired pipe, drilling optimization services, tubular inspection and coating services, instrumentation, downhole tools, and drill bits. It also offers equipment and technologies for hydraulic fracture stimulation, including downhole multistage fracturing tools, pressure pumping trucks, blenders, sanders, hydration and injection units, flowline, and manifolds; coiled tubing units, and wireline units and tools; connections and liner hangers; onshore production consists of composite pipe, surface transfer and progressive cavity pumps, and artificial lift systems; and offshore production, such as floating production systems and subsea production technologies, as well as manufactures industrial pumps and mixers. In addition, the company provides substructures, derricks, and masts; cranes; jacking systems; pipe lifting, racking, rotating, and assembly systems; mud pumps; pressure control equipment; drives and generators; rig instrumentation and control systems; mooring, anchor, and deck handling machinery; equipment components for offshore wind construction vessels; and pipelay and construction systems. Further, the company offers spare parts, repair, and rentals as well as comprehensive remote equipment monitoring, technical support, field service, and customer training. The company was formerly known as National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and changed its name to NOV Inc. in January 2021. NOV Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.

SLB NYSE:SLB

$48.71 +0.05 (+0.10%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.00 +0.29 (+0.60%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, and integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products. It also offers subsurface geology and fluids evaluation information; open and cased hole services; exploration and production pressure, and flow-rate measurement services; and pressure pumping, well stimulation, and coiled tubing equipment solutions. In addition, the company offers mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services, as well as engineering support services; supplies drilling fluid systems; designs, manufactures, and markets roller cone and fixed cutter drill bits; bottom-hole-assembly and borehole enlargement technologies; well cementing products and services; well planning, well drilling, engineering, supervision, logistics, procurement, and contracting of third parties, as well as drilling rig management solutions; and drilling equipment and services, as well as land drilling rigs and related services. Further, it provides artificial lift production equipment and optimization services; supplies packers, safety valves, sand control technology, and various intelligent well completions technology and equipment; designs and manufactures valves, chokes, actuators, and surface trees; and OneSubsea, an integrated solutions, products, systems, and services, including wellheads, subsea trees, manifolds and flowline connectors, control systems, connectors, and services. The company was formerly known as Socie´te´ de Prospection E´lectrique. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLE

$62.82 +0.12 (+0.19%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$62.98 +0.16 (+0.25%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF is a State Street exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Energy Select Sector Index, before expenses. The index is designed to provide broad representation of the energy sector within the S&P 500, covering companies in the oil, gas and consumable fuels, and energy equipment and services industries. Component companies are selected from the S&P 500 universe based on general industry classification, and the Energy Select Sector Index is one of eleven Select Sector Indexes that together comprise all S&P 500 constituents. The fund offers investors a way to gain targeted exposure to the U.S. energy sector at a more focused level than traditional broad-market or style-based strategies.

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