Are Analysts Too Bullish On Halliburton Co. (HAL)

Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.86M but it saw 7404782 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 24.55B USD, the company’s current market price of $27.81 came falling about -1.52 while comparing to the previous closing price of $28.24. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $42.15 and as low as $27.52. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $27.635 while lowest mark touched by it was $28.29.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the RBC Capital Mkts which downgraded the stock as “Sector Perform” in its note to investors issued on September 13, 2024, recommending a price target of between $44 and $37 for it. TD Cowen issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $47 and $48.

Over the week, HAL’s stock price is moving -5.09% down while it is -7.21% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -23.07% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -33.23%.

Currently, Halliburton Co.’s total number of outstanding shares is 889.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 14.57% and return on equity (ROE) at 28.80%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 9.24 while having a 8.19 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.90. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.46 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is 10.94% on average.