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After finishing at $26.29 in the prior trading day, Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) closed at $25.48, down -3.08%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.08 from its previous closing price. On the day, 10.46 million shares were traded. HAL stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.46 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $25.27.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of HAL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.55 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.24. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.54 and its Current Ratio is at 2.05. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.82 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.76.
On December 19, 2024, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $36.Piper Sandler initiated its Overweight rating on December 19, 2024, with a $36 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 15 ’25 when Jones Myrtle L bought 10,487 shares for $29.02 per share.
Beckwith Van H. sold 10,000 shares of HAL for $367,500 on Jul 18 ’24. The EVP, Secretary and CLO now owns 273,908 shares after completing the transaction at $36.75 per share. On May 20 ’24, another insider, Geer Charles Jr., who serves as the SVP & Chief Accounting Officer of the company, sold 3,000 shares for $38.00 each. As a result, the insider received 114,000 and left with 97,084 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HAL now has a Market Capitalization of 22384230400 and an Enterprise Value of 32515164160. As of this moment, Halliburton’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.00, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.34. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.17. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.409 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.361.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HAL is 1.87, which has changed by -0.23819184 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20587826 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HAL has reached a high of $41.56, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $25.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -18.77%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 10.40M shares per day over the past 3-months and 12642320 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 878.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 874.48M. Insiders hold about 0.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.81% stake in the company. Shares short for HAL as of 1735603200 were 29443907 with a Short Ratio of 2.83, compared to 1732838400 on 23198135. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 29443907 and a Short% of Float of 4.4899996.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.02. The current Payout Ratio is 24.03% for HAL, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-04 with an ex-dividend date of 1733270400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-07-17 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
