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Halliburton (HAL) Competitors

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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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Halliburton had 13 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Halliburton and 27 mentions for Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Halliburton's score of 0.45 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
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 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)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Halliburton has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

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%

Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Baker Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $52.29, indicating a potential upside of 10.74%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $32.05, indicating a potential upside of 42.18%. 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

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$27.83B1.67$2.98B$3.0615.43
Halliburton$22.94B0.84$2.50B$2.1410.53

Summary

Baker Hughes beats Halliburton on 11 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$19.33B$6.00B$7.83B$21.47B
Dividend Yield3.01%2.93%10.78%3.51%
P/E Ratio10.5918.2240.0329.94
Price / Sales0.845.10890.9050.54
Price / Cash5.337.7836.1924.51
Price / Book1.881.843.934.60
Net Income$2.50B$411.58M$4.29B$999.91M
7 Day Performance2.03%2.31%0.89%1.28%
1 Month Performance7.46%4.84%2.99%5.31%
1 Year Performance-19.54%9.75%15.07%16.45%

Halliburton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAL
Halliburton
4.8722 of 5 stars
$22.54
+1.0%
$32.05
+42.2%
-20.1%$19.33B$22.94B10.5948,000Analyst Revision
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.4719 of 5 stars
$46.05
+2.3%
$52.29
+13.5%
+42.6%$45.45B$27.83B15.0757,000News Coverage
Positive News
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.081 of 5 stars
$5.63
+1.9%
$7.90
+40.4%
-29.0%$2.17B$5.38B-2.049,200News Coverage
Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.4513 of 5 stars
$26.75
+0.1%
$31.20
+16.7%
+32.3%$59.43B$15.10B21.9210,933News Coverage
Positive News
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.2892 of 5 stars
$10.51
+1.7%
$15.05
+43.3%
-41.1%$1.70B$4.10B8.095,700Positive News
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.5914 of 5 stars
$46.24
-0.1%
$54.65
+18.2%
-9.1%$45.57B$26.88B27.3913,323Positive News
PBF
PBF Energy
1.6285 of 5 stars
$28.14
+1.0%
$24.83
-11.8%
-8.1%$3.27B$33.12B-3.293,855News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RES
RPC
2.2911 of 5 stars
$4.70
+1.6%
$4.69
-0.2%
-19.2%$1.04B$1.43B18.102,597Positive News
SLB
Schlumberger
4.8163 of 5 stars
$35.52
+1.5%
$52.86
+48.8%
-9.0%$48.08B$36.29B12.19110,000News Coverage
Positive News
VLO
Valero Energy
4.1004 of 5 stars
$156.40
+0.7%
$156.40
0.0%
+18.5%$48.68B$129.88B65.309,922News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FTI
TechnipFMC
3.8055 of 5 stars
$39.45
+3.1%
$38.92
-1.3%
+69.8%$16.22B$9.48B18.6125,304Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:HAL) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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