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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

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

Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Halliburton pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes pays out 30.1% 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. Halliburton has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Baker Hughes has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

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
Halliburton$22.94B0.80$2.50B$2.1410.07
Baker Hughes$27.83B1.54$2.98B$3.0614.22

Halliburton currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.92%. Baker Hughes has a consensus target price of $51.47, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Halliburton's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Baker Hughes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Baker Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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
Halliburton8.37% 21.45% 8.85%
Baker Hughes 11.04%14.56%6.53%

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 31 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Baker Hughes and 27 mentions for Halliburton. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Halliburton's score of 0.41 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halliburton
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Baker Hughes
27 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Halliburton has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Baker Hughes beats Halliburton on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HAL vs. The Competition

MetricHalliburtonOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.10B$5.54B$7.81B$20.63B
Dividend Yield3.04%2.95%10.93%3.67%
P/E Ratio10.0710.2976.4729.01
Price / Sales0.805.3427,062.1666.07
Price / Cash5.297.3435.8922.82
Price / Book1.741.593.844.43
Net Income$2.50B$411.58M$4.26B$993.74M
7 Day Performance-4.12%-4.47%68.65%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-0.65%-4.90%76.31%-2.10%
1 Year Performance-32.29%1.25%98.72%10.09%

Halliburton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAL
Halliburton
4.8156 of 5 stars
$21.54
-3.8%
$31.00
+43.9%
-35.2%$19.10B$22.94B10.0748,000
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.5476 of 5 stars
$46.45
+0.9%
$49.50
+6.6%
+15.6%$46.01B$27.61B15.1757,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.3107 of 5 stars
$6.22
+5.0%
$8.36
+34.6%
-45.7%$2.40B$5.02B-2.259,200Analyst Forecast
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.8275 of 5 stars
$27.29
-0.4%
$31.13
+14.1%
+33.3%$60.63B$15.97B22.3610,933Positive News
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.7684 of 5 stars
$13.00
-1.0%
$15.35
+18.0%
-49.1%$2.11B$4.32B10.015,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.5395 of 5 stars
$45.41
+1.6%
$53.71
+18.3%
-26.9%$44.68B$26.88B18.4613,323Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
PBF
PBF Energy
3.6236 of 5 stars
$25.03
+3.6%
$25.08
+0.2%
-44.7%$2.88B$31.54B-2.743,855Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RES
RPC
3.9331 of 5 stars
$4.93
+2.6%
$4.94
+0.3%
-36.7%$1.09B$1.42B18.942,597
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9447 of 5 stars
$36.00
+1.5%
$49.28
+36.9%
-29.2%$48.99B$35.48B12.33110,000Positive News
VLO
Valero Energy
4.4802 of 5 stars
$144.30
+1.6%
$154.47
+7.0%
-14.9%$45.19B$129.88B60.129,922Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.6609 of 5 stars
$37.02
+1.6%
$38.92
+5.2%
+22.7%$15.52B$9.08B17.4625,304Analyst Revision

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