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Halliburton
(NYSE:HAL)
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Rating:64Neutral
Price Target:
$38.00
â–²(13.91% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:07/21/26
The score is driven primarily by solid underlying fundamentals (profitability, improving leverage, positive free cash flow) tempered by signs of post-peak margin and cash-flow normalization. The latest earnings call adds support via guided margin expansion, strong international wins, and resumed buybacks, but geopolitical disruption risk remains notable. Technical signals are mixed-to-weak (negative MACD and below key moving averages), and valuation is moderate with only a modest dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Improving leverage
Material deleveraging improves financial flexibility across cycles. Lower leverage reduces interest burden and increases capacity for buybacks, opportunistic M&A, and capex without destabilizing the balance sheet, supporting durable ability to invest in technology and service fleets.
Negative Factors
Margin normalization
A reversion from cyclical peak margins lowers structural earnings power and reduces margin cushion during downturns. Sustained margin normalization implies Halliburton must rely on efficiency gains or higher-value contracts to recover prior profitability levels, limiting immediate upside.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Improving leverage
Material deleveraging improves financial flexibility across cycles. Lower leverage reduces interest burden and increases capacity for buybacks, opportunistic M&A, and capex without destabilizing the balance sheet, supporting durable ability to invest in technology and service fleets.
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Halliburton Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Revenue by Geography
Breaks down revenue across different regions, highlighting where Halliburton is performing well and where it may encounter challenges or opportunities due to regional market dynamics or geopolitical factors.
Breaks down revenue across different regions, highlighting where Halliburton is performing well and where it may encounter challenges or opportunities due to regional market dynamics or geopolitical factors.
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The FlyHalliburton (HAL) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$26.77B
Dividend Yield2.18%
Average Volume (3M)12.43M
Price to Earnings (P/E)16.3
Beta (1Y)0.71
Revenue Growth0.63%
EPS Growth-10.50%
CountryUS
Employees46,000
SectorEnergy
Sector Strength52
IndustryOil & Gas Equipment & Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.91
Shares Outstanding833,130,400
10 Day Avg. Volume13,799,491
30 Day Avg. Volume12,432,063
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.40
Price to Book (P/B)2.27
Price to Sales (P/S)1.07
P/FCF Ratio14.18
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$42.59Price Target Upside27.66% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering17
EPS Forecast (FY)2.34
Revenue Forecast (FY)$22.35B
Halliburton Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Halliburton Company (HAL) is a global supplier of products and services tailored for the energy sector. Its operations are structured into two primary divisions: Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production...
How the Company Makes Money
Halliburton makes money by selling oilfield services and related products to exploration and production customers under contracts tied to specific wells, projects, or multi-well development programs. Revenue is reported mainly through two operatin...
Halliburton Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 21, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 27, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed a constructive and growth-oriented outlook: solid sequential revenue growth, strong cash generation, resumed buybacks, robust international contract awards (including transformational IFMS work in Iraq) and clear technology-led differentiation underpin expectations for revenue growth and margin expansion. Near-term headwinds include Middle East operational disruption, mobilization/start-up costs and some seasonal/software timing impacts, but management's guidance builds in a steady activity baseline and anticipates sequential margin improvement in both business segments for Q3.Positive Updates
Total Company Revenue and Margin Expansion
Q2 total revenue of $5.7 billion (up 6% sequentially vs Q1 2026) with adjusted operating income of $683 million and adjusted operating margin of 12%.
Negative Updates
Middle East Disruption and Uncertainty
Conflict-related disruption in the Middle East caused lower activity across multiple product service lines (notably Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar) and created a highly fluid operating environment; Middle East & Asia revenue was $1.3 billion, down 2% sequentially. Management did not assume a recovery to pre-conflict levels in guidance (assumed steady activity).
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Q2-2026 Updates
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Total Company Revenue and Margin Expansion
Q2 total revenue of $5.7 billion (up 6% sequentially vs Q1 2026) with adjusted operating income of $683 million and adjusted operating margin of 12%.
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Company Guidance
Halliburton’s Q3 guidance builds off Q2 benchmarks of $5.7B revenue, $683M adjusted operating income (12% adjusted operating margin), $824M cash from operations, $668M free cash flow, $0.64 reported EPS ($0.55 adjusted), $3.4B international and $2.3B North America revenue, C&P $3.2B (15% op margin) and D&E $2.5B (13% op margin). For Q3 management expects C&P revenue flat to down 2% with margins up 125–175 bps and D&E revenue down 3–5% with margins up 25–75 bps; corporate expense ~$80M, SAP spend ~$45M, net interest up ~ $5M (to ≈$88M), other net ≈$35M, and an effective tax rate ≈19%. Full‑year capex is pegged at ~$1.1B (Q2 capex $235M), the company repurchased ~ $200M of stock in Q2 and plans to re‑establish buybacks on a continuous basis, and assumptions include steady Middle East activity (no recovery to pre‑war levels baked in) while international ex‑Middle East is expected to grow low double‑digits, underpinning management’s expectation of revenue growth and margin expansion.Halliburton Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 22.37B | 22.18B | 22.94B | 23.02B | 20.30B | 15.29B |
| Gross Profit | 3.38B | 3.48B | 4.30B | 4.36B | 3.24B | 2.02B |
| EBITDA | 4.15B | 4.12B | 5.00B | 4.94B | 3.94B | 2.65B |
| Net Income | 1.60B | 1.28B | 2.50B | 2.64B | 1.57B | 1.46B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 25.83B | 25.01B | 25.59B | 24.68B | 23.25B | 22.32B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 2.05B | 2.21B | 2.62B | 2.26B | 2.35B | 3.04B |
| Total Debt | 8.20B | 8.13B | 8.77B | 8.81B | 8.94B | 10.22B |
| Total Liabilities | 14.78B | 14.51B | 15.04B | 15.25B | 15.28B | 15.59B |
| Stockholders Equity | 11.01B | 10.46B | 10.51B | 9.39B | 7.95B | 6.71B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 1.73B | 1.67B | 2.42B | 2.08B | 1.23B | 1.11B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 2.75B | 2.93B | 3.87B | 3.46B | 2.24B | 1.91B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -911.00M | -1.32B | -1.65B | -1.66B | -967.00M | -534.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.79B | -1.99B | -1.73B | -1.67B | -1.80B | -838.00M |
Halliburton Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 Outperform | $30.27B | 14.66 | 11.65% | 3.16% | 1.69% | 16.35% | |
79 Outperform | $60.11B | 18.62 | 16.84% | 1.61% | 0.42% | 1.75% | |
74 Outperform | $29.92B | 27.22 | 32.54% | 0.26% | 9.44% | 36.97% | |
66 Neutral | $77.04B | 47.60 | 10.76% | 2.21% | 2.38% | -29.38% | |
65 Neutral | $15.17B | 7.61 | 4.09% | 5.20% | 3.87% | -62.32% | |
64 Neutral | $26.77B | 16.34 | 15.08% | 2.04% | 0.63% | -10.50% | |
58 Neutral | $7.35B | 82.58 | 1.45% | 2.02% | -1.33% | -84.10% |
* Energy Sector Average
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Halliburton Corporate Events
M&A TransactionsStock BuybackDividendsBusiness Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Halliburton Posts Strong Q2 2026 Earnings and Growth
Positive
Jul 21, 2026
Halliburton reported second-quarter 2026 net income of $534 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, on revenue of $5.7 billion and an operating margin of 14%, with adjusted figures showing $461 million in net income and a 12% operating margin. Cash f...
Shareholder MeetingsBusiness Operations and Strategy
Halliburton Shareholders Back Board, Auditor and Compensation Plans
Positive
May 20, 2026
At its May 20, 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Halliburton Company reported that investors re-elected all director nominees, underscoring broad support for the current board. Shareholders also ratified KPMG LLP as the company’s independ...
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