Q1 EPS Estimates for Halliburton Reduced by Atb Cap Markets

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Research analysts at Atb Cap Markets cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Halliburton in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now expects that the oilfield services company will post earnings per share of $0.59 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.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on HAL. Benchmark dropped their price target on Halliburton from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Susquehanna dropped their price target on Halliburton from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. UBS Group downgraded Halliburton from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $36.00 to $34.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Raymond James lowered Halliburton from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Halliburton from $35.00 to $33.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $37.42.

Halliburton Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of HAL stock opened at $28.05 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 2.05. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $28.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.04. The company has a market capitalization of $24.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.91, a PEG ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 1.91. Halliburton has a twelve month low of $25.51 and a twelve month 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 for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.75 by ($0.02). Halliburton had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 26.03%. The company had revenue of $5.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.83 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.79 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Halliburton

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Halliburton by 0.8% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 20,630,361 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $597,234,000 after purchasing an additional 172,505 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Halliburton by 10.4% in the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 18,530,937 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $503,856,000 after acquiring an additional 1,748,763 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in Halliburton by 2.1% in the third 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 valued at $166,815,000 after acquiring an additional 115,504 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in Halliburton by 22.0% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 5,520,383 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $160,367,000 after acquiring an additional 995,649 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Halliburton by 244.5% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,513,560 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $138,025,000 after acquiring an additional 3,203,224 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th were issued a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.42%. Halliburton’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.03%.

About Halliburton

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.