Atb Cap Markets Has Weak Outlook for Halliburton Q2 Earnings

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL - Free Report) - Analysts at Atb Cap Markets dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Halliburton in a report released on Tuesday, July 1st. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now expects that the oilfield services company will post earnings per share of $0.54 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.55. The consensus estimate for Halliburton's current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Halliburton's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.16 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.91 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.53 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.17 EPS.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oilfield services company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60. The firm had revenue of $5.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.28 billion. Halliburton had a net margin of 9.31% and a return on equity of 24.01%.

HAL has been the subject of a number of other reports. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Halliburton from $33.00 to $31.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $27.00 to $24.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $37.00 to $32.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Halliburton from $34.00 to $28.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $33.53.

Halliburton Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NYSE:HAL traded down $0.22 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $21.49. 7,314,256 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,365,580. Halliburton has a twelve month low of $18.72 and a twelve month high of $37.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.98. The company has a market cap of $18.48 billion, a PE ratio of 8.99, a P/E/G ratio of 3.40 and a beta of 1.13. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $20.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.84.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Halliburton

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of HAL. Blume Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 33.3% during the fourth quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,600 shares of the oilfield services company's stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 84,675 shares of the oilfield services company's stock valued at $2,302,000 after purchasing an additional 484 shares in the last quarter. Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 42,683 shares of the oilfield services company's stock valued at $1,161,000 after purchasing an additional 505 shares in the last quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co lifted its stake in Halliburton by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 17,060 shares of the oilfield services company's stock valued at $464,000 after acquiring an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Halliburton by 8.9% during the 1st quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 6,870 shares of the oilfield services company's stock worth $174,000 after purchasing an additional 562 shares in the last quarter. 85.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Halliburton Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 4th were given a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 4th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.16%. Halliburton's payout ratio is 28.45%.

About Halliburton

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.