Atb Cap Markets Decreases Earnings Estimates for Halliburton

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Research analysts at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Halliburton in a report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now forecasts that the oilfield services company will earn $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.67. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.66 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.68 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.53 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.80 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.08 EPS.

HAL has been the subject of several other reports. Bank of America reduced their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on Halliburton from $43.00 to $41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Evercore ISI reduced their target price on Halliburton from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Barclays reduced their target price on Halliburton from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, UBS Group cut Halliburton from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $36.00 to $34.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $37.42.

Halliburton Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE:HAL opened at $27.83 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $24.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The company has a 50 day moving average of $28.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $30.03. Halliburton has a 52-week low of $25.51 and a 52-week high of $41.56.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 7th. The oilfield services company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.75 by ($0.02). Halliburton had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 26.03%. The firm had revenue of $5.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.83 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.79 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Halliburton

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Halliburton by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 20,630,361 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $597,234,000 after buying an additional 172,505 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Halliburton by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 18,530,937 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $503,856,000 after buying an additional 1,748,763 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its stake in Halliburton by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 5,742,352 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $166,815,000 after buying an additional 115,504 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in Halliburton by 22.0% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 5,520,383 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $160,367,000 after buying an additional 995,649 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. raised its stake in Halliburton by 244.5% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,513,560 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $138,025,000 after buying an additional 3,203,224 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.44%. Halliburton’s dividend payout ratio is currently 24.03%.

Halliburton Company Profile

Halliburton Company provides products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services that include stimulation and sand control services; cementing services, such as well bonding and casing, and casing equipment; and completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, and service tools, as well as liner hanger, sand control, and multilateral systems.