Q1 EPS Estimates for Halliburton Boosted by Analyst

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) – Analysts at Griffin Securities raised their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Halliburton in a research report issued on Sunday, November 9th. Griffin Securities analyst K. Simpson now expects that the oilfield services company will post earnings of $0.49 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Griffin Securities also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.14 EPS.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The oilfield services company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.08. Halliburton had a net margin of 5.91% and a return on equity of 20.12%. The firm had revenue of $5.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on HAL. Melius Research started coverage on Halliburton in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $41.00 price objective for the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $32.00 price target on shares of Halliburton in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Redburn Partners set a $35.00 target price on shares of Halliburton in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of Halliburton from $27.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $31.48.

Halliburton Stock Performance

Shares of HAL stock opened at $28.07 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. Halliburton has a 12-month low of $18.72 and a 12-month high of $32.57. The company has a market cap of $23.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.59 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.34.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Halliburton by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 105,363,599 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $2,147,310,000 after purchasing an additional 1,617,696 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Halliburton by 1.2% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 30,287,989 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $617,269,000 after buying an additional 346,218 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Halliburton by 0.4% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 22,342,963 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $453,461,000 after acquiring an additional 92,549 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Halliburton by 10.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,903,833 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $242,600,000 after acquiring an additional 1,089,928 shares during the period. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Halliburton by 23.1% in the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 10,154,605 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $249,803,000 after acquiring an additional 1,906,724 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.