HAL (Halliburton Co) climbed 1.83 at the last close: Is This Today’s Most Popular Stock?

On Tuesday, Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) opened higher 1.83% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $26.26. Price fluctuations for HAL have ranged from $25.16 to $41.56 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Energy Sector giant was 3.23%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -10.51% at the time writing. With a float of $864.26 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $868.00 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 48000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 18.75%, operating margin of 16.66%, and the pretax margin is 14.1%.

Halliburton Co (HAL) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Halliburton Co is 0.44%, while institutional ownership is 85.76%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 11 ’25, was worth 3,689,713. In this transaction EVP & Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 141,206 shares at a rate of $26.13, taking the stock ownership to the 127,101 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 11 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 141,206 for $26.13, making the entire transaction worth $3,689,713.

Halliburton Co (HAL) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.64 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -10.51% per share during the next fiscal year.

Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Halliburton Co (HAL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.01. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.58.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.83, a number that is poised to hit 0.61 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.04 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Halliburton Co (HAL)

Looking closely at Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL), its last 5-days average volume was 10.6 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 10.82 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 61.12%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.78.

During the past 100 days, Halliburton Co’s (HAL) raw stochastic average was set at 21.32%, which indicates a significant decrease from 71.01% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.39% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.27% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $27.17, while its 200-day Moving Average is $30.74. However, in the short run, Halliburton Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $27.07. Second resistance stands at $27.40. The third major resistance level sits at $27.83. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $26.31, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.87. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $25.54.

Halliburton Co (NYSE: HAL) Key Stats

There are currently 868,092K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 23.21 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 22,944 M according to its annual income of 2,501 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 5,610 M and its income totaled 615,000 K.