BKR vs. HAL, FTV, TS, WFRD, SWN, NOV, VAL, HP, EMR, and DRQ
Should you be buying Baker Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baker Hughes include Halliburton (HAL), Fortive (FTV), Tenaris (TS), Weatherford International (WFRD), Southwestern Energy (SWN), NOV (NOV), Valaris (VAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Emerson Electric (EMR), and Dril-Quip (DRQ).
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 1 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Baker Hughes and 14 mentions for Halliburton. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Halliburton's score of 0.25 indicating that Halliburton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Halliburton currently has a consensus price target of $48.53, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Baker Hughes has a consensus price target of $40.87, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. Given Halliburton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than Halliburton.
Halliburton has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 7.62%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 31.59% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Halliburton received 1786 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote.
Halliburton has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baker Hughes. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Halliburton has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Halliburton pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes pays out 44.0% 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. Halliburton has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Halliburton beats Baker Hughes on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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