Atb Cap Markets Has Weak Outlook for Halliburton Q2 Earnings

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL - Free Report) - Atb Cap Markets dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Halliburton in a report released on Tuesday, April 22nd. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now forecasts 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 analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $35.00 to $33.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Evercore ISI lowered their price target on shares of Halliburton from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Halliburton from $37.00 to $32.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Raymond James downgraded Halliburton from a "strong-buy" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Susquehanna dropped their target price on Halliburton from $32.00 to $30.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Halliburton has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $36.05.

Halliburton Trading Down 0.4 %

HAL stock opened at $20.62 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $23.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.93. Halliburton has a fifty-two week low of $18.72 and a fifty-two week high of $39.25. The firm has a market cap of $17.77 billion, a PE ratio of 7.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 2.05.

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

Halliburton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 5th were paid a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.30%. Halliburton's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.03%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Halliburton news, VP Timothy Mckeon sold 10,497 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.60, for a total transaction of $258,226.20. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 77,784 shares in the company, valued at $1,913,486.40. This represents a 11.89 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Margaret Katherine Banks sold 3,900 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.04, for a total transaction of $93,756.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 10,551 shares in the company, valued at $253,646.04. This trade represents a 26.99 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 206,782 shares of company stock worth $5,321,170 in the last ninety days. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Halliburton

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Mascagni Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Halliburton during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Horrell Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Halliburton during the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Sierra Ocean LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Halliburton during the fourth quarter valued at about $36,000. Modus Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Halliburton in the 4th quarter valued at about $38,000. Finally, Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Halliburton in the 4th quarter worth approximately $39,000. 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.

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