HAL vs. SLB, BKR, DVN, FANG, LNG, CVE, TRP, MPLX, TRGP, and KMI Should you be buying Halliburton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), Baker Hughes (BKR), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), TC Energy (TRP), Mplx (MPLX), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Kinder Morgan (KMI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL ) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB ) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 8 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Halliburton and 15 mentions for Schlumberger. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Halliburton's score of 0.62 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Halliburton has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% 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 net margin of 12.72% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 11.20%. Halliburton's return on equity of 30.84% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.
Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.67% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
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.
85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Schlumberger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Halliburton presently has a consensus target price of $48.59, indicating a potential upside of 28.27%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $68.72, indicating a potential upside of 42.40%. Given Schlumberger's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
Summary Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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