Q1 EPS Estimates for Halliburton Reduced by Atb Cap Markets

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Halliburton in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 22nd. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now forecasts that the oilfield services company will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their previous 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.

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 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 business had revenue of $5.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.83 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share. Halliburton’s revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis.

HAL has been the topic of several other reports. Susquehanna lowered their price objective on Halliburton from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Raymond James downgraded Halliburton from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays reduced their target price on Halliburton from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Halliburton from $39.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Halliburton from $42.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $37.42.

Halliburton Price Performance

Shares of Halliburton stock opened at $27.83 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $28.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $29.99. Halliburton has a 52 week low of $25.51 and a 52 week high of $41.56. The company has a market capitalization of $24.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.83, a PEG 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.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its position in shares of Halliburton by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 64,304 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $1,747,000 after buying an additional 1,345 shares during the period. WFA Asset Management Corp purchased a new position in shares of Halliburton during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $143,000. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. boosted its position in shares of Halliburton by 6.1% during the fourth quarter. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. now owns 61,644 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $1,676,000 after buying an additional 3,559 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Halliburton by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 70,229 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $1,910,000 after buying an additional 2,464 shares during the period. Finally, New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Halliburton during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $375,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.44%. Halliburton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.