Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) is -20.01% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $18.72 and a high of $37.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HAL stock was last observed hovering at around $21.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.75%.
Currently trading at $21.75, the stock is 6.33% and 4.11% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 15.47 million and changing 3.57% at the moment leaves the stock -17.39% off its SMA200. HAL registered -35.69% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -27.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $20.8908 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $26.32775.
The stock witnessed a 6.83% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.80%, and is 6.46% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.66% over the week and 1.83% over the month.
Halliburton Co (HAL) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $18.70B and $22.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.11 and Fwd P/E is 8.27. Profit margin for the company is 9.31%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.19% and -41.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.47%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -20.00% this year.
Halliburton Co (HAL) Top Institutional Holders
1327.0 institutions hold shares in Halliburton Co (HAL), with institutional investors hold 86.27% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 861.00M, and float is at 855.51M with Short Float at 3.75%. Institutions hold 85.84% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with over 120.11 million shares valued at $4.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.5875% of the HAL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 103.62 million shares valued at $3.5 billion to account for 11.7212 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 73.34 million shares representing 8.2965% and valued at over $2.48 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.5198 of the shares totaling 57.64 million with a market value of $1.95 billion.
Halliburton Co (HAL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Weiss Janet L, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Weiss Janet L bought 8,550 shares of the company’s common stock on May 29 ’25 at a price of $19.79 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 18769.0 shares.
Halliburton Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 14 ’25 that Carre Eric (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 51,179 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 14 ’25 and was made at $25.00 per share for $1.28 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.13 million shares of the HAL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 14 ’25, Jones Myrtle L (Former Officer) Proposed Sale 12,980 shares at an average price of $25.05 for $0.33 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Halliburton Co (HAL).
