Halliburton stock holds below $36 after Q2 beat
Published on 08/22/2026 at 14:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Halliburton Company (US4062161017) stock held near $35.30 after the latest completed session, with after-hours trading at $35.30 on August 21, 2026 and a regular-session close of $35.34. The shares also sat below the 52-week range high of $43.59 and above the low of $21.40.
Quarterly beat still matters
The most recent reported quarter came on July 21, 2026, when Halliburton posted $5.71 billion in revenue and $0.55 in EPS. That revenue figure topped the $5.50 billion consensus, and sales rose 3.7% year over year.
On the same report, net margin reached 7.16% and return on equity was 18.71%. Analysts on MarketBeat now show a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target of $43.10, which leaves a wide gap versus the current share price.
Insiders and institutions
A recent filing report said Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought 9,940,689 shares in the second quarter, worth $337,486,000, and owned 1.19% of Halliburton in its latest filing. The same report also said COO Jeffrey Shannon Slocum sold 52,572 shares on August 19, 2026 at an average price of $35.09.
That mix matters for the tape. Institutional investors and hedge funds still own 85.23% of the stock, while the reported sale reduced Slocum's direct ownership by 30.69%.
Halliburton Labs update
Halliburton Labs said on August 21, 2026 that it added three new portfolio companies. For Halliburton, that keeps a small but concrete growth-and-innovation thread in the story next to the quarter's $5.71 billion top line.
Oilfield services angle
Halliburton is one of the largest oilfield services groups, with work spanning drilling, completion, production, intervention, and reservoir services. That operating mix helps explain why the stock still trades with energy activity, crude pricing, and customer spending plans.
Shares and valuation
Halliburton stock had a market cap of $29.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.51, and average volume of 11.83 million shares on the latest quote snapshot. The same snapshot showed a 1-month decline of 9.99% and a YTD drop of 25.05%.
Halliburton stock facts
Company: Halliburton Company
ISIN: US4062161017
Ticker: HAL
Exchange: NYSE
Price (as of August 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m. ET): $35.30 USD
Market cap: $29.44 billion (as of August 21, 2026)
Sector / Industry: Energy / Oilfield Services & Equipment
Index membership: S&P 500
What Halliburton sells
Halliburton's business is built around completion and production on one side and drilling and evaluation on the other. That makes the company's tools and services a direct read on upstream spending rather than a pure oil-price proxy.
Halliburton stock closed at $35.34 and traded after hours at $35.30 on August 21, 2026, leaving the shares below the 200-day moving average of $36.50 and the 50-day average of $33.95.
