Halliburton Q2 EPS Forecast Lowered by Griffin Securities

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) – Analysts at Griffin Securities lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Halliburton in a note issued to investors on Sunday, April 27th. Griffin Securities analyst K. Simpson now anticipates that the oilfield services company will post earnings per share of $0.56 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.60. The consensus estimate for Halliburton’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Griffin Securities also issued estimates for Halliburton’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.35 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.57 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on HAL. Benchmark dropped their price target on Halliburton from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Halliburton from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Halliburton from $33.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $34.00 price target on shares of Halliburton in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of Halliburton from $43.00 to $41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Halliburton presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $34.68.

Halliburton Stock Down 3.4 %

Halliburton stock opened at $19.82 on Tuesday. Halliburton has a fifty-two week low of $18.72 and a fifty-two week high of $38.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.08 billion, a PE ratio of 7.00, a P/E/G ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 1.45. The company’s 50-day moving average is $23.36 and its 200-day moving average is $26.59.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oilfield services company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60. Halliburton had a return on equity of 26.03% and a net margin of 10.90%. The firm had revenue of $5.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.28 billion.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Halliburton

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HAL. Advisory Resource Group raised its position in Halliburton by 32.8% in the third quarter. Advisory Resource Group now owns 162,758 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $4,728,000 after acquiring an additional 40,182 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Halliburton by 49.5% in the third quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,161 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 3,032 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of Halliburton during the 3rd quarter worth $358,000. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its stake in Halliburton by 244.5% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,513,560 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock valued at $138,025,000 after acquiring an additional 3,203,224 shares during the period. Finally, Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its stake in shares of Halliburton by 0.3% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 195,873 shares of the oilfield services company’s stock worth $5,690,000 after purchasing an additional 587 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.23% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Halliburton

In other Halliburton news, CFO Eric Carre sold 141,206 shares of Halliburton stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.13, for a total transaction of $3,689,712.78. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 127,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,321,149.13. The trade was a 52.63 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Timothy Mckeon sold 10,497 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.60, for a total transaction of $258,226.20. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 77,784 shares in the company, valued at $1,913,486.40. The trade was a 11.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 206,782 shares of company stock valued at $5,321,170. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Halliburton Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th were issued a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 5th. Halliburton’s payout ratio is 28.45%.

About Halliburton

Halliburton Company provides products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services that include stimulation and sand control services; cementing services, such as well bonding and casing, and casing equipment; and completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, and service tools, as well as liner hanger, sand control, and multilateral systems.