Baker Hughes (BKR) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

Posted by Francis Steltz on May 12th, 2026

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR):

5/7/2026 – Baker Hughes had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays PLC. They now have a $74.00 price target on the stock, up from $62.00.
5/7/2026 – Baker Hughes was downgraded by Barclays PLC from “overweight” to “equal weight”. They now have a $74.00 price target on the stock.
5/1/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Argus from $67.00 to $79.00.
4/28/2026 – Baker Hughes was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.
4/28/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Piper Sandler from $64.00 to $72.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore Inc. They now have a $76.00 price target on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $57.00 to $62.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by BMO Capital Markets from $70.00 to $80.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $70.00 to $80.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $64.00 to $75.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by HSBC Holdings plc from $67.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $69.00 to $80.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $60.00 to $74.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $68.00 to $71.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $69.00 to $73.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
4/27/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $63.00 to $74.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/26/2026 – Baker Hughes had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $80.00 price target on the stock.
4/24/2026 – Baker Hughes had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
4/24/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Evercore Inc from $68.00 to $76.00.
4/15/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Piper Sandler from $61.00 to $64.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
4/14/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $63.00 to $68.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
4/10/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Capital One Financial Corporation from $60.00 to $66.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
4/7/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $65.00 to $70.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
4/6/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $64.00 to $69.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
4/2/2026 – Baker Hughes had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $61.00 to $69.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
3/28/2026 – Baker Hughes was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.

Baker Hughes Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th will be paid a $0.23 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 5th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Baker Hughes’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.39%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Lorenzo Simonelli sold 272,594 shares of Baker Hughes stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.79, for a total transaction of $16,025,801.26. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 866,444 shares in the company, valued at $50,938,242.76. This trade represents a 23.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Maria Georgia Magno sold 5,063 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.04, for a total transaction of $298,919.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 15,555 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $918,367.20. This represents a 24.56% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 550,250 shares of company stock worth $32,988,331. 0.19% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides a broad portfolio of products, services and digital solutions for the oil and gas and industrial markets. Its offerings span oilfield services and equipment — including drilling, evaluation, completion and production technologies — as well as turbomachinery, compressors and related process equipment used in midstream and downstream operations. The company also supplies aftermarket services, field support and integrated solutions designed to improve asset performance and uptime across the energy value chain.

The firm’s roots trace back to the merger of Baker International and Hughes Tool Company, and more recently it combined with GE’s oil and gas business in 2017 to form Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE); subsequent changes in ownership restored Baker Hughes as an independent publicly traded company.

Baker Hughes (BKR) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

Baker Hughes Dividend Announcement

Insiders Place Their Bets

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