Halliburton Q1 EPS Forecast Reduced by Capital One Financial

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Halliburton in a note issued to investors on Thursday, January 23rd. Capital One Financial analyst D. Becker now anticipates that the oilfield services company will earn $0.61 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.72. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.98 EPS.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The oilfield services company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.75 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $5.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.83 billion. Halliburton had a return on equity of 26.03% and a net margin of 10.90%. The firm’s revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.79 earnings per share.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on HAL. UBS Group lowered Halliburton from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $36.00 to $34.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on Halliburton from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Bank of America lowered their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 14th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on Halliburton from $43.00 to $41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Susquehanna decreased their price objective on Halliburton from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 8th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $37.42.

Halliburton Stock Down 1.5 %

NYSE HAL opened at $28.05 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $24.64 billion, a PE ratio of 9.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $28.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.04. Halliburton has a one year low of $25.51 and a one year high of $41.56.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Halliburton

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Halliburton by 56.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC now owns 157,085 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $4,563,000 after acquiring an additional 56,707 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its stake in Halliburton by 105.2% in the 2nd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 186,961 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $6,316,000 after buying an additional 95,864 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Halliburton by 23.1% in the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 16,782,174 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $487,522,000 after buying an additional 3,150,986 shares during the last quarter. Quest Partners LLC increased its stake in Halliburton by 2,418.9% in the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 78,387 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $2,277,000 after buying an additional 75,275 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Semanteon Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Halliburton in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,181,000. Institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th were given a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. Halliburton’s payout ratio is 24.03%.

About Halliburton

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.