Halliburton (HAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $21.25 to $22.24
• 50-Day Range: $19.60 to $23.20
• 52-Week Range: $18.72 to $32.81
• Volume: 18.94 million shs
• Average Volume: 15.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.07
• Dividend Yield: 3.16%
• Price Target: $31.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Halliburton Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Halliburton scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 22nd out of 267 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Halliburton has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 12 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Halliburton has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Halliburton are expected to grow by 10.61% in the coming year, from $2.64 to $2.92 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Halliburton is 10.07, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Halliburton is 10.07, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 76.48.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Halliburton has a PEG Ratio of 3.88. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Halliburton has a P/B Ratio of 1.74. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.19% of the float of Halliburton has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Halliburton has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Halliburton has recently decreased by 2.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Halliburton pays a meaningful dividend of 3.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Halliburton has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Halliburton is 31.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Halliburton will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.29% next year. This indicates that Halliburton will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -6.65

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.19% of the float of Halliburton has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Halliburton has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Halliburton has recently decreased by 2.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.27

News Sentiment

Halliburton has a news sentiment score of 0.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Halliburton this week, compared to 20 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

62 people have searched for HAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 55% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 10 people have added Halliburton to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Halliburton insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.56% of the stock of Halliburton is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.23% of the stock of Halliburton is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HAL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HAL shares performed this year?

Halliburton's stock was trading at $27.19 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, HAL shares have decreased by 20.8% and is now trading at $21.54.

How were Halliburton's earnings last quarter?

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 22nd. The oilfield services company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55. Halliburton's quarterly revenue was down 5.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Halliburton have any subsidiaries?

Halliburton subsidiaries include Summit ESP, Intelligent Well Controls, Red Spider, Multi-Chem Group, SensorTran, Permedia Research Group, Pinnacle Technologies Inc., and others.

Who are Halliburton's major shareholders?

Halliburton's top institutional shareholders include Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.43%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.33%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.28%) and AustralianSuper Pty Ltd (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey Allen Miller, Van H Beckwith, Jeffrey Shannon Slocum, Eric Carre, Timothy Mckeon, Charles Jr Geer, Myrtle L Jones, Jill D Sharp and Margaret Katherine Banks.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Halliburton?

Shares of HAL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Halliburton own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Halliburton investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Chevron (CVX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/25 Dividend: 6/04/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/25 Dividend: 6/04/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/25/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2025
• Today: 8/02/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - FIELD SVCS
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HAL
• CIK: 45012
• Web: www.halliburton.com
• Phone: (281) 871-2699
• Fax: 713-759-2635
• Employees: 48,000
• Year Founded: 1919

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Halliburton: $31.00
• High Price Target: $45.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +43.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.14
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.07
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.16
• P/E Growth: 3.88
• Net Income: $2.50 billion
• Net Margins: 8.37%
• Pretax Margin: 10.99%
• Return on Equity: 21.45%
• Return on Assets: 8.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.68
• Current Ratio: 2.00
• Quick Ratio: 1.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $22.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.80
• Cash Flow: $4.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.29
• Book Value: $12.37 per share
• Price / Book: 1.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 852,600,000
• Free Float: 847,827,000
• Market Cap: $18.37 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.12