BKR vs. HAL, FTV, TS, FTI, WFRD, SWN, NOV, WHD, DNOW, and NR
Should you be buying Baker Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baker Hughes include Halliburton (HAL), Fortive (FTV), Tenaris (TS), TechnipFMC (FTI), Weatherford International (WFRD), Southwestern Energy (SWN), NOV (NOV), Cactus (WHD), DNOW (DNOW), and Newpark Resources (NR).
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Baker Hughes pays out 46.9% 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.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 2 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Halliburton and 10 mentions for Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Halliburton's score of 0.92 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Halliburton has a net margin of 11.20% compared to Baker Hughes' net margin of 6.95%. Halliburton's return on equity of 30.84% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.
Baker Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $41.13, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $49.06, suggesting a potential upside of 43.37%. Given Halliburton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Baker Hughes.
Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Halliburton has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Baker Hughes. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Halliburton received 1794 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote.
Summary
Halliburton beats Baker Hughes on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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