Insider Selling: Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) EVP Sells $8,189,830.21 in Stock

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HALGet Free Report) EVP Van Beckwith sold 198,349 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.29, for a total value of $8,189,830.21. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 146,186 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,036,019.94. This represents a 57.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Halliburton Stock Performance

Shares of Halliburton stock opened at $42.27 on Thursday. Halliburton Company has a one year low of $19.38 and a one year high of $43.59. The company has a market cap of $35.31 billion, a PE ratio of 23.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 2.08. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $38.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.49.

Halliburton (NYSE:HALGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 21st. The oilfield services company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.05. Halliburton had a return on equity of 19.04% and a net margin of 6.95%.The business had revenue of $5.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.37 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.60 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Halliburton Company will post 2.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Halliburton

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. purchased a new stake in Halliburton in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT lifted its stake in Halliburton by 196.4% in the fourth quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 981 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 650 shares during the last quarter. Hoey Investments Inc. purchased a new stake in Halliburton in the first quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Kelleher Financial Advisors purchased a new stake in Halliburton in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Finally, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. purchased a new stake in Halliburton in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HAL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. TD Cowen boosted their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Susquehanna boosted their target price on Halliburton from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Argus boosted their target price on Halliburton from $39.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Halliburton from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.86.

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About Halliburton

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Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, offering a broad portfolio that supports the lifecycle of oil and gas reservoirs from exploration and drilling through production and abandonment. Founded in 1919 by Erle P. Halliburton as an oil-well cementing company, the firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has developed into an integrated oilfield services company serving upstream operators globally.

The company’s activities encompass drilling and evaluation, well construction and completion, production enhancement and well intervention.

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