Halliburton Appoints Maxwell Western Hemisphere President

Halliburton ( (HAL) ) has issued an announcement.

On January 13, 2026, Halliburton’s board appointed Casey (Michael Casey) Maxwell as president, Western Hemisphere, effective February 1, 2026, succeeding Mark Richard, who will become senior advisor to chairman, president, and CEO Jeff Miller. Maxwell, 44, has spent about 20 years at Halliburton in progressively senior roles across North America and Argentina, most recently as senior vice president, North America Land, and his new role is backed by an executive employment agreement that aligns his compensation and benefits with those of other top executives, underscoring the company’s emphasis on experienced internal leadership to steer its Western Hemisphere operations and customer relationships.

The most recent analyst rating on (HAL) stock is a Hold with a $30.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Halliburton stock, see the HAL Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on HAL Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, HAL is a Neutral.

Score is led by steady profitability and a balanced balance sheet, plus a constructive earnings-call setup (cost savings, lower capex, and continued shareholder returns). Offsetting factors are the sharp revenue growth decline and weakening free cash flow trends, while technicals show an uptrend but with overbought risk; valuation is reasonable but not cheap at a ~21x P/E with a modest dividend.

To see Spark’s full report on HAL stock, click here.

More about Halliburton

Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world’s leading providers of products and services to the energy industry, developing technologies and solutions that help customers maximize asset value across the life cycle and support a more sustainable energy future.

Average Trading Volume: 12,567,716

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $26.85B

Learn more about HAL stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.