NYSE:HAL - Halliburton Stock Price, Forecast & News

Halliburton's stock was trading at $7.83 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HAL stock has decreased by 18.4% and is now trading at $6.39. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Halliburton in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 17 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Halliburton.

Halliburton is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Halliburton.

Halliburton will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, April 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 21st. The oilfield services company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.03. The oilfield services company earned $5.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.15 billion. Halliburton had a positive return on equity of 11.74% and a negative net margin of 5.05%. The firm's revenue was down 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.41 earnings per share. View Halliburton's earnings history.

Halliburton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, March 25th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 11.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 3rd. View Halliburton's dividend history.

26 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Halliburton's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Halliburton's share price to reach $19.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 198.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Halliburton.

Media stories about HAL stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Halliburton earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oilfield services company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutHalliburton.

Halliburton saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totaling 35,680,000 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the January 30th total of 39,580,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 4.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Halliburton's Current Options Chain.

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

Halliburton's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.88%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.30%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (3.60%), Sanders Capital LLC (2.51%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.17%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.53%). Company insiders that own Halliburton stock include Anne L Beaty, James S Brown, Lance Loeffler, Murry Gerber 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Sanders Capital LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Strs Ohio, and FMR LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Halliburton.

HAL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., State Street Corp, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Halliburton stock in the last two years include Murry Gerber, and William E Albrecht. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.39.

Halliburton has a market capitalization of $5.62 billion and generates $22.41 billion in revenue each year. The oilfield services company earns $-1,131,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.24 on an earnings per share basis. Halliburton employs 55,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Halliburton.

The official website for Halliburton is http://www.halliburton.com/.

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]