For the quarter ended September 2023, Halliburton (HAL - Free Report) reported revenue of $5.8 billion, up 8.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.79, compared to $0.60 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.84 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.77, the EPS surprise was +2.60%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Halliburton performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Latin America: $1.05 billion versus $1.02 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +24.6% change.
- Revenues- Europe/Africa/CIS: $734 million compared to the $720.08 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14.9% year over year.
- Revenues- North America: $2.61 billion compared to the $2.61 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1% year over year.
- Revenues- Middle East/Asia: $1.41 billion compared to the $1.48 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Drilling and Evaluation: $2.32 billion versus $2.37 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.3% change.
- Revenues- Completion and Production: $3.49 billion versus $3.47 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.2% change.
- Adjusted operating income- Completion and Production: $746 million compared to the $703.78 million average estimate based on six analysts.
- Operating income (loss)- Corporate and other: -$64 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of -$79.77 million.
- Adjusted operating income- Drilling and Evaluation: $378 million versus $397.23 million estimated by six analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Halliburton here>>>Shares of Halliburton have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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For the quarter ended September 2023, Halliburton (HAL - Free Report) reported revenue of $5.8 billion, up 8.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.79, compared to $0.60 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.84 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.77, the EPS surprise was +2.60%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Halliburton performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Latin America: $1.05 billion versus $1.02 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +24.6% change.
- Revenues- Europe/Africa/CIS: $734 million compared to the $720.08 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14.9% year over year.
- Revenues- North America: $2.61 billion compared to the $2.61 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1% year over year.
- Revenues- Middle East/Asia: $1.41 billion compared to the $1.48 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Drilling and Evaluation: $2.32 billion versus $2.37 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.3% change.
- Revenues- Completion and Production: $3.49 billion versus $3.47 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.2% change.
- Adjusted operating income- Completion and Production: $746 million compared to the $703.78 million average estimate based on six analysts.
- Operating income (loss)- Corporate and other: -$64 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of -$79.77 million.
- Adjusted operating income- Drilling and Evaluation: $378 million versus $397.23 million estimated by six analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Halliburton here>>>Shares of Halliburton have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
This company targets millennial and Gen Z audiences, generating nearly $1 billion in revenue last quarter alone. A recent pullback makes now an ideal time to jump aboard. Of course, all our elite picks aren’t winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Nano-X Imaging which shot up +129.6% in little more than 9 months.
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