NYSE:HAL - Halliburton Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Halliburton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HAL."

Halliburton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, September 26th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 4th. View Halliburton's Dividend History.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The oilfield services company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.01. The oilfield services company had revenue of $6.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.12 billion. Halliburton had a return on equity of 19.48% and a net margin of 0.42%. Halliburton's revenue was up 24.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.23 EPS. View Halliburton's Earnings History.

Halliburton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Halliburton.

24 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Halliburton's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Halliburton's share price to reach $55.1304 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Halliburton.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Halliburton in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 21 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Halliburton.

Halliburton saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,672,077 shares, a decrease of 16.2% from the July 31st total of 19,883,412 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,635,823 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Halliburton's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), Gazprom Neft' PAO (GDR) (GZPFY), Core Laboratories (CLB), Subsea 7 (SUBCY), RPC (RES), Oceaneering International (OII), Liberty Oilfield Services (LBRT), Franks International (FI), SemGroup (SEMG), Superior Energy Services (SPN), C&J Energy Services (CJ), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Keane Group (FRAC), Select Energy Services (WTTR) and Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK).

Media stories about HAL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Halliburton earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the oilfield services company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Halliburton.

Halliburton's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.56%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.81%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.66%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%), FMR LLC (1.05%) and FMR LLC (1.05%). Company insiders that own Halliburton stock include Anne L Beaty, David J Lesar, Eric Carre, James S Brown, Jeffrey Allen Miller, Joe D Rainey, Lawrence J Pope, Murry Gerber, Myrtle L Jones, Robb L Voyles, Timothy Mckeon and William E Albrecht. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Halliburton.

HAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, FMR LLC, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Tweedy Browne Co LLC and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Halliburton company stock in the last year include Anne L Beaty, David J Lesar, Eric Carre, James S Brown, Jeffrey Allen Miller, Lawrence J Pope, Robb L Voyles and Timothy Mckeon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Halliburton.

HAL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Natixis, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Morgan Stanley, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Stevens Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Halliburton stock in the last two years include Murry Gerber and William E Albrecht. View Insider Buying and Selling for Halliburton.

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

One share of HAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.46.

Halliburton has a market capitalization of $35.25 billion and generates $20.62 billion in revenue each year. The oilfield services company earns $-463,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.22 on an earnings per share basis. Halliburton employs 55,000 workers across the globe.

Halliburton's mailing address is 3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST, HOUSTON TX, 77032. The oilfield services company can be reached via phone at 281-871-2699 or via email at [email protected]