Atb Cap Markets Forecasts Weaker Earnings for Halliburton

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Halliburton in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now anticipates that the oilfield services company will earn $0.55 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.60. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.27 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.52 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Barclays dropped their target price on Halliburton from $29.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $34.00 price target on shares of Halliburton in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Halliburton from $33.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Halliburton from $29.00 to $27.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Halliburton from $35.00 to $33.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.68.

Halliburton Stock Performance

Shares of HAL stock opened at $21.19 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $23.86 and a 200 day moving average of $26.87. Halliburton has a 1 year low of $18.72 and a 1 year high of $38.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 1.45.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oilfield services company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.60. Halliburton had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 26.03%. The company had revenue of $5.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.28 billion.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Halliburton

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HAL. Advisory Resource Group grew its holdings in Halliburton by 32.8% during the 3rd quarter. Advisory Resource Group now owns 162,758 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $4,728,000 after acquiring an additional 40,182 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Halliburton by 49.5% during the third quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,161 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $266,000 after acquiring an additional 3,032 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in Halliburton during the 3rd quarter valued at $358,000. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in Halliburton by 244.5% during 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 buying an additional 3,203,224 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Systems of Alabama grew its stake in shares of Halliburton by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 195,873 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $5,690,000 after purchasing an additional 587 shares during the last quarter. 85.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Halliburton

In other Halliburton news, Director Margaret Katherine Banks sold 3,900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.04, for a total value of $93,756.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 10,551 shares in the company, valued at approximately $253,646.04. This represents a 26.99 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Eric Carre sold 141,206 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.13, for a total transaction of $3,689,712.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 127,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,321,149.13. This represents a 52.63 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 206,782 shares of company stock worth $5,321,170 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th were paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.21%. Halliburton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.45%.

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.