Analysts Offer Predictions for Halliburton Q1 Earnings

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Analysts at Capital One Financial dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Halliburton in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 23rd. Capital One Financial analyst D. Becker now forecasts that the oilfield services company will post earnings per share of $0.61 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.72. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.98 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on HAL. UBS Group lowered Halliburton from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $36.00 to $34.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Halliburton from $35.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on Halliburton from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Bank of America decreased their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 14th. Finally, Benchmark decreased their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $37.42.

Halliburton Price Performance

Shares of HAL stock opened at $27.83 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $28.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $29.99. 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 firm has a market cap of $24.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.83, a PEG ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 1.91. Halliburton has a 12 month low of $25.51 and a 12 month high of $41.56.

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

Halliburton Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 4th were paid a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 4th. Halliburton’s payout ratio is 24.03%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Halliburton

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in HAL. Valley National Advisers Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 64,304 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $1,747,000 after acquiring an additional 1,345 shares during the last quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp acquired a new position in shares of Halliburton during the 4th quarter worth approximately $143,000. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 6.1% during the 4th quarter. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. now owns 61,644 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $1,676,000 after acquiring an additional 3,559 shares during the last quarter. Caprock Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Halliburton by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 70,229 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $1,910,000 after acquiring an additional 2,464 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Halliburton during the 4th quarter worth approximately $375,000. Institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

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.