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HAL vs. BKR, PTEN, KMI, LBRT, OXY, PBF, RES, SLB, VLO, and FTI

Should you be buying Halliburton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halliburton include Baker Hughes (BKR), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), PBF Energy (PBF), RPC (RES), Schlumberger (SLB), Valero Energy (VLO), and TechnipFMC (FTI). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Halliburton vs. Its Competitors

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Baker Hughes presently has a consensus price target of $52.91, suggesting a potential upside of 17.12%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $30.61, suggesting a potential upside of 37.56%. Given Halliburton's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Baker Hughes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baker Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baker Hughes$27.83B1.60$2.98B$3.0614.76
Halliburton$22.94B0.83$2.50B$2.1410.40

Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Baker Hughes and Baker Hughes both had 31 articles in the media. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Halliburton's score of 0.78 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Halliburton
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Baker Hughes has a net margin of 11.04% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 8.37%. Halliburton's return on equity of 21.45% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baker Hughes11.04% 14.56% 6.53%
Halliburton 8.37%21.45%8.85%

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Baker Hughes pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 31.8% 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. Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Halliburton has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Baker Hughes beats Halliburton on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HAL vs. The Competition

MetricHalliburtonOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.99B$5.65B$7.73B$21.84B
Dividend Yield3.05%3.09%10.87%3.62%
P/E Ratio10.4018.5373.3732.43
Price / Sales0.834.011,419.7460.22
Price / Cash5.257.9036.5524.21
Price / Book1.851.864.694.59
Net Income$2.50B$411.58M$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.13%2.75%-0.24%1.31%
1 Month Performance-0.55%-3.00%0.23%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-21.48%4.57%15.64%9.54%

Halliburton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAL
Halliburton
4.8207 of 5 stars
$22.25
+2.0%
$30.61
+37.6%
-23.1%$18.99B$22.94B10.4048,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.5256 of 5 stars
$44.87
+0.9%
$52.91
+17.9%
+22.5%$44.07B$27.61B14.6157,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9915 of 5 stars
$5.64
-1.6%
$7.80
+38.3%
-30.9%$2.17B$5.38B-2.049,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.5957 of 5 stars
$27.51
-0.4%
$30.88
+12.3%
+10.4%$61.20B$15.97B22.5810,933Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.3409 of 5 stars
$12.10
-2.0%
$14.85
+22.8%
-16.1%$1.95B$4.10B9.265,700News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.8518 of 5 stars
$41.88
+0.0%
$52.61
+25.6%
-20.9%$41.15B$26.88B24.7313,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PBF
PBF Energy
2.2058 of 5 stars
$29.14
+2.8%
$26.17
-10.2%
-14.4%$3.37B$30.28B-3.393,855Gap Up
RES
RPC
3.174 of 5 stars
$4.27
-1.4%
$4.69
+9.8%
-33.9%$940.71M$1.43B16.402,597Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9042 of 5 stars
$32.73
+0.5%
$52.06
+59.1%
-25.9%$48.68B$35.48B11.16110,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
VLO
Valero Energy
4.6158 of 5 stars
$161.54
+0.3%
$169.80
+5.1%
+15.3%$50.16B$129.88B67.289,922Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.5627 of 5 stars
$36.74
+3.3%
$41.93
+14.1%
+35.5%$15.10B$9.48B17.3325,304Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:HAL) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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