NOV (NOV) Competitors

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HAL or NOV?

Halliburton received 873 more outperform votes than NOV when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.50% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave NOV an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Halliburton	Outperform Votes 1945 80.50%	Underperform Votes 471 19.50%
NOV	Outperform Votes 1072 61.97%	Underperform Votes 658 38.03%

Is HAL or NOV a better dividend stock?

Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Halliburton pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 18.6% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, HAL or NOV?

Halliburton has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HAL or NOV?

Halliburton presently has a consensus target price of $37.42, indicating a potential upside of 45.89%. NOV has a consensus target price of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.70%. Given Halliburton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Halliburton is more favorable than NOV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Halliburton	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
NOV	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor HAL or NOV?

In the previous week, NOV had 1 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NOV and 24 mentions for Halliburton. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat NOV's score of 0.47 indicating that Halliburton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Halliburton	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NOV	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HAL or NOV?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Halliburton	$22.94B	0.97	$2.50B	$2.83	9.06
NOV	$8.87B	0.66	$635M	$1.61	9.61

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HAL or NOV?

85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HAL or NOV more profitable?

Halliburton has a net margin of 10.90% compared to NOV's net margin of 7.16%. Halliburton's return on equity of 26.03% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Halliburton	10.90%	26.03%	10.50%
NOV	7.16%	9.88%	5.60%

Summary

Halliburton beats NOV on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.