NYSE:HAL - Halliburton Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Halliburton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, September 26th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 4th. View Halliburton's Dividend History.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The oilfield services company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.01. The oilfield services company earned $6.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.12 billion. Halliburton had a net margin of 0.42% and a return on equity of 19.48%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 24.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.23 earnings per share. 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.

22 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Halliburton's stock. Their predictions range from $47.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Halliburton's stock price to reach $56.0476 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Halliburton.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Halliburton in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 19 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 increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,883,412 shares, an increase of 58.9% from the July 13th total of 12,510,421 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,460,944 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), SemGroup (SEMG), Franks International (FI), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), C&J Energy Services (CJ), Keane Group (FRAC), Select Energy Services (WTTR), Superior Energy Services (SPN) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX).

Media coverage about HAL stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Halliburton earned a daily sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the oilfield services company an impact score of 47.42 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Halliburton.

Halliburton's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.56%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.81%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.66%), FMR LLC (1.05%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%) and Van ECK Associates Corp (0.83%). 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, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Tweedy Browne Co LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec and American Century Companies Inc.. 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 acquired 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 $39.70.

Halliburton has a market capitalization of $36.90 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]