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. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 4th. View Halliburton's Dividend History.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) issued its earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The oilfield services company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.01. The oilfield services company had revenue of $6.15 billion for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 24.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $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.

22 equities research analysts 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.7% 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 presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock 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).

News articles about HAL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Halliburton earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oilfield services company an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Halliburton.

Halliburton's stock is owned by a number 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 bought 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 $40.40.

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]