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Halliburton (HAL) Competitors

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$31.18 +0.71 (+2.33%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

HAL vs. SLB, FTI, NOV, OII, TDW, HLX, RES, NR, TTI, and OIS

Should you be buying Halliburton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Tidewater (TDW), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Oil States International (OIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Halliburton vs.

Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Schlumberger pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Schlumberger has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Halliburton received 218 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.65% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.89% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SchlumbergerOutperform Votes
1720
76.89%
Underperform Votes
517
23.11%
HalliburtonOutperform Votes
1938
80.65%
Underperform Votes
465
19.35%

Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schlumberger$33.14B1.86$4.20B$3.1114.00
Halliburton$23.02B1.19$2.64B$2.8710.86

82.0% of Schlumberger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Halliburton had 1 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Halliburton and 23 mentions for Schlumberger. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Halliburton's score of 0.57 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schlumberger
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Halliburton
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.44% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 11.04%. Halliburton's return on equity of 28.33% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schlumberger12.44% 21.84% 9.89%
Halliburton 11.04%28.33%11.21%

Schlumberger currently has a consensus price target of $60.97, suggesting a potential upside of 40.07%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $40.74, suggesting a potential upside of 30.65%. Given Schlumberger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Schlumberger
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Summary

Schlumberger beats Halliburton on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HAL vs. The Competition

MetricHalliburtonOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.39B$4.35B$8.42B$19.90B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.08%11.54%3.54%
P/E Ratio10.8627.9616.8542.67
Price / Sales1.190.99122.9118.14
Price / Cash6.917.269.5517.85
Price / Book2.941.613.775.60
Net Income$2.64B$297.22M$947.22M$985.93M
7 Day Performance3.28%1.08%1.11%-0.19%
1 Month Performance10.06%9.56%2.33%0.15%
1 Year Performance-18.38%15.18%409.31%23.70%

Halliburton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAL
Halliburton
4.8892 of 5 stars
$31.18
+2.3%
$40.74
+30.7%
-18.4%$27.39B$23.02B10.8648,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9439 of 5 stars
$43.53
+1.0%
$60.97
+40.1%
-17.5%$60.86B$33.14B14.00111,000Positive News
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.3564 of 5 stars
$29.02
+0.9%
$33.91
+16.8%
+38.5%$12.35B$7.82B19.0925,027Analyst Forecast
NOV
NOV
4.8664 of 5 stars
$16.26
+1.6%
$21.64
+33.1%
-15.6%$6.22B$8.58B6.0033,676Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
OII
Oceaneering International
1.8917 of 5 stars
$27.98
+1.9%
$28.00
+0.1%
+33.0%$2.78B$2.42B21.2010,100
TDW
Tidewater
4.332 of 5 stars
$50.44
-0.5%
$102.25
+102.7%
-11.5%$2.65B$1.01B14.847,300
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.5141 of 5 stars
$10.89
+3.8%
$14.50
+33.1%
+16.2%$1.60B$1.34B272.252,531Positive News
RES
RPC
1.0121 of 5 stars
$5.97
+2.2%
$6.08
+1.9%
-19.2%$1.26B$1.62B10.662,691
NR
Newpark Resources
3.4994 of 5 stars
$7.41
+3.3%
$11.00
+48.5%
+3.0%$620.19M$749.60M0.001,550
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.071 of 5 stars
$3.97
+2.3%
$7.00
+76.3%
-15.7%$511.42M$626.26M198.601,500
OIS
Oil States International
3.7897 of 5 stars
$5.36
+0.6%
$6.50
+21.3%
-25.5%$336.38M$782.28M0.002,752

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This page (NYSE:HAL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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