HAL vs. SLB, DVN, BKR, LNG, FANG, TRP, CVE, TRGP, CQP, and KMI
Should you be buying Halliburton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), Devon Energy (DVN), Baker Hughes (BKR), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), TC Energy (TRP), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Targa Resources (TRGP), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Kinder Morgan (KMI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Halliburton. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schlumberger currently has a consensus target price of $68.72, suggesting a potential upside of 41.71%. Halliburton has a consensus target price of $48.59, suggesting a potential upside of 29.64%. Given Halliburton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Halliburton.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 10 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Halliburton and 11 mentions for Schlumberger. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.76 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Schlumberger's net margin of 11.20%. Schlumberger's return on equity of 30.84% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Schlumberger has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Halliburton has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Halliburton received 212 more outperform votes than Schlumberger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 76.67% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote.
Summary
Halliburton beats Schlumberger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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