Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Halliburton Company HAL

$31.85 -0.09% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $26.61B

Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026

Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.

Three things to know

  1. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  2. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +13.5%).
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.91, down 10.7% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth28Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 43%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Quality41Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 33%
  • Gross marginBottom 25%
  • Operating marginBottom 45%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 41%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 50%
  • Interest coverTop 30%
Value75Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 37%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 39%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 31%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 33%
Momentum44Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
  • 6-month returnBottom 29%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions90Exceptional

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 39%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 15%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 26%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Stability47Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 50%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-1.7%0.6%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-23.8%-10.7%↑
Gross margin17.1%15.1%↓
Operating margin13.3%11.4%↓
FCF margin9.7%7.7%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)0.6%-1.7%↑Bottom 30%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-10.7%-23.8%↑Bottom 38%
Gross margin15.1%17.1%↓Bottom 25%
Operating margin11.4%13.3%↓Bottom 45%
Net margin7.2%8.4%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin7.7%9.7%↓—
Return on invested capital9.7%—Top 33%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR3.0%—Top 43%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.72×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-4.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+6.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.48×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
8.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.15%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
3.04%
Shareholder yield
5.19%
Share count change, 1 year
-2.8%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-2.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
4
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+13.5%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$43.11
Target vs current price
+35.4%
Analysts with a rating
64
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
73%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 21, 2026+2.2%-5.5%-8.5%-1.1%—
Apr 21, 2026+10.3%+4.0%+9.4%+16.6%-4.5%
Jan 21, 2026+25.2%+4.1%+6.9%+8.5%+19.0%
Oct 21, 2025+16.3%+11.6%+18.5%+17.7%+44.9%
Jul 22, 2025-0.4%+1.0%+7.8%+0.7%+5.9%
Apr 22, 2025-0.3%-5.6%-5.8%-4.8%-1.7%
Jan 22, 2025-4.1%-3.6%-9.8%-9.4%-27.4%
Nov 7, 2024-2.7%-3.1%-1.0%-1.6%-13.8%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 21, 2026$0.55$0.54+2.2%$5.71B
Apr 21, 2026$0.55$0.50+10.3%$5.40B
Jan 21, 2026$0.69$0.55+25.2%$5.66B
Oct 21, 2025$0.58$0.50+16.3%$5.60B
Jul 22, 2025$0.55$0.55-0.4%$5.51B
Apr 22, 2025$0.60$0.60-0.3%$5.42B
Jan 22, 2025$0.70$0.73-4.1%$5.61B
Nov 7, 2024$0.73$0.75-2.7%$5.70B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)16.7×17.3×48thTop 37%
P/E (forward)13.6×———
EV / EBITDA7.9×——Top 39%
EV / Sales1.46×——Top 31%
Free-cash-flow yield6.48%——Top 45%
Earnings yield6.00%——Top 37%

P/E over the past five years

Range 8.7× – 125.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+27.9%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-10.7%
Change in P/E multiple
+66.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.3%
Distance from 200-day average
-10.1%
RSI (14)
33.3
Relative volume
0.76×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
31.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
28th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.63
Correlation with S&P 500
0.23
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-25.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-55.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Oct 19, 2023Apr 8, 2025-55.5%367 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 8, 2022Sep 26, 2022-45.8%75 days266 days (Oct 17, 2023)
Jun 4, 2021Aug 19, 2021-26.6%53 days39 days (Oct 14, 2021)
Jan 12, 2021Jan 27, 2021-21.9%10 days19 days (Feb 24, 2021)
Mar 8, 2021Apr 23, 2021-21.8%33 days28 days (Jun 3, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$26.61B
P/E (TTM)
16.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.91
Revenue (TTM)
$22.37B
Dividend yield
2.14%
52-week range
$21.46 – $43.59
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$15.29B$20.30B$23.02B$22.94B$22.18B
Gross profit$2.02B$3.24B$4.36B$4.30B$3.48B
Operating income$1.80B$2.71B$4.08B$3.82B$2.26B
Net income$1.46B$1.57B$2.64B$2.50B$1.28B
EPS (diluted)$1.63$1.73$2.92$2.83$1.50
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$5.70B$5.61B$5.42B$5.51B$5.60B$5.66B$5.40B$5.71B
Net income$571.0M$615.0M$204.0M$472.0M$18.0M$589.0M$461.0M$534.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.65$0.70$0.24$0.55$0.02$0.70$0.55$0.64
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$1.91B$2.24B$3.46B$3.87B$2.93B
Capital expenditure-$799.0M-$1.01B-$1.38B-$1.44B-$1.25B
Free cash flow$1.11B$1.23B$2.08B$2.42B$1.67B
Dividends paid-$161.0M-$435.0M-$576.0M-$600.0M-$579.0M
Net share buybacks$79.0M-$21.0M-$664.0M-$900.0M-$1.01B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.05B
Total assets
$25.83B
Total liabilities
$14.78B
Total debt
$8.20B
Net debt
$6.15B
Shareholders’ equity
$11.01B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 2, 2026$0.17Sep 23, 2026
Jun 3, 2026$0.17Jun 24, 2026
Mar 4, 2026$0.17Mar 25, 2026
Dec 3, 2025$0.17Dec 24, 2025
Sep 3, 2025$0.17Sep 24, 2025
Jun 4, 2025$0.17Jun 25, 2025
Mar 5, 2025$0.17Mar 26, 2025
Dec 4, 2024$0.17Dec 26, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
34,810,208
Days to cover
3.53
Change vs previous report
+1.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jul 17, 2006
2-for-1
Jul 22, 1997
2-for-1
Jan 24, 1996
100,000-for-95,301
Dec 26, 1980
2-for-1
Apr 30, 1976
3-for-1