HAL Stock Analysis — Halliburton
Sector: Energy
AI Verdict
Halliburton trades at 12.0x next year's earnings while analysts expect 43.5% EPS growth—this is cheap for the growth you're getting if its entrenched customer relationships keep contracts flowing.
Competitive Moat
Halliburton provides oilfield services and technology, with a moat built on deep customer integration and proprietary drilling and completion solutions that make switching costs high for major energy producers. Its global scale and established relationships with national oil companies create barriers for smaller competitors.
Summary
Earnings are expected to jump 43.5% next year, pushing the forward P/E down to just 12.0x.
Where It Stands
Halliburton has delivered a 53.82% one-year return, trades at 12.0x next year's earnings (well below the 12x energy sector median), and its RSI of 47.0 signals a cooling period after a strong run.
Key Metrics
- RSI: 47 — Neutral
- Trailing P/E: 17.2x
- Forward P/E: 12.0x
- PEG Ratio: 0.37
- Earnings Growth: +0.4%
- Revenue Growth: +0.0%
- Market Cap: $27.4B
- Dividend Yield: 0.02%
- 1-Year Return: 53.82%
- 52-Week High: $43.59
- 52-Week Low: $20.53
Analyst Consensus
26 Buy · 7 Hold · 1 Sell (34 analysts)
Bull Case
With forward EPS growth expected at 43.5% and a forward P/E of 12.0x, you're paying a low price for rapid earnings expansion.
Bear Case
If the P/E multiple reverts to the sector median of 12x despite high growth, any disappointment in earnings could erase recent gains, especially with the RSI no longer in oversold territory.
Catalyst to Watch
Watch for quarterly earnings beats or misses—if Halliburton fails to deliver on the 43.5% EPS growth, the low P/E could quickly lose its appeal.