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).
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes pays out 46.9% 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. Halliburton has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Halliburton has a net margin of 11.20% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 6.95%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 30.84% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 1 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Halliburton and 12 mentions for Baker Hughes. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.21 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Halliburton has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Halliburton currently has a consensus target price of $48.59, indicating a potential upside of 32.36%. Baker Hughes has a consensus target price of $40.94, indicating a potential upside of 22.27%. Given Baker Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Baker Hughes.
Halliburton has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Halliburton beats Baker Hughes on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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