Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) is -36.89% 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 $20.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 15379979.62%.
Currently trading at $15380000.0, the stock is -0.45% and 2.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 15.68 million and changing 4.07% at the moment leaves the stock -17.57% off its SMA200. HAL registered -21.99% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.86%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $20.7776 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $25.7312.
The stock witnessed a 8.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.40%, and is 2.07% 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 3.51% over the week and 3.57% over the month.
Halliburton Co (HAL) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $18.23B and $22.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.89 and Fwd P/E is 8.17. Profit margin for the company is 9.31%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.30% and -42.80% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.47%).
with sales reaching $5.43B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -21.00% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -5.23% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.98% in year-over-year returns.
Halliburton Co (HAL) Top Institutional Holders
1316.0 institutions hold shares in Halliburton Co (HAL), with institutional investors hold 86.36% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 861.00M, and float is at 855.51M with Short Float at 3.48%. Institutions hold 85.92% 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.
