Halliburton Company · HAL · FY2025 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2025

Halliburton’s international growth offsets near-term North America pressure

The quarter provides mixed evidence for a durable growth case: international contracts and technology adoption support the longer-term trajectory, but lower guidance, North American weakness and margin pressure raise near-term execution risks.

Reported Before market openNYSEEnergy $26.52B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.55 Consensus $0.55
EPS surprise -0.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $5.51B Consensus $5.41B
Revenue surprise +1.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +1.0% Event window
SPY move +0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.7× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -1.3% Up to 20 sessions
HALSPY benchmark

Ask FN2 about HAL FY2025 Q2

Transcript, numbers and history already loaded

Free account. Your question opens in FN2 with this report's transcript and numbers attached.

Transcript intelligence

What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, management’s stance shifted from maintained guidance and expected margin recovery to a lowered outlook, with greater emphasis on cost reduction and capital discipline. International wins and automation initiatives remained important offsets.

Guidance delta

Management lowered its outlook, citing expected low-double-digit year-over-year revenue decline in North America and near-term pressure on margins.

Key takeaways

  • Q2 revenue rose 2% sequentially to $5.5 billion, while operating margin softened to 13%.
  • Management expects North America revenue to decline low double digits year over year, driven by lower frac and artificial-lift activity.
  • International growth was supported by wins in Brazil, Norway, Argentina and Australia.
  • Cost reduction, capital discipline and scaling automation are central to the response.

Management priorities

  • Reduce variable and fixed cash costs while retiring or reallocating underperforming assets.
  • Scale ZEUS IQ, iCruise, LOGIX, EarthStar 3DX and Intelivate automation platforms.
  • Pursue international well-intervention and electric-submersible-pump contracts while targeting $1.8-$2.0 billion of 2025 free cash flow.

Follow HAL with an agent that reads every filing, transcript, and price print. Free to start.

Try FN2 free

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
HAL EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.74 Q1 '24 actual $0.76, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.80 Q2 '24 actual $0.80, match Q3 '24 estimate $0.75 Q3 '24 actual $0.73, miss Q2 '25 estimate $0.55 Q2 '25 actual $0.55, match Q3 '25 estimate $0.50 Q3 '25 actual $0.58, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.55 Q4 '25 actual $0.69, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.50 Q1 '26 actual $0.55, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.54 Q2 '26 actual $0.55, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.58 Q4 '26 estimate $0.64 Q1 '27 estimate $0.62 Q2 '27 estimate $0.69
Show 1 more >

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy61 ratings
Bullish4472.1%
Neutral1524.6%
Bearish23.3%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$31.75Current
$23Low
$37.67Average
$53High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 8, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 14, 2026
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainJul 23, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJul 22, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 22, 2026
Freedom Broker Hold SellUpgradeJul 22, 2026
Show 56 more rating actions

Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $31.75. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
UBSAnalyst unavailable$42$35.84 +32.3%Sep 14, 2026
UBSJosh Silverstein$39$32.7 +22.8%Jul 27, 2026
Argus ResearchBill Selesky$40$33.68 +26.0%Jul 23, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$37$33.22 +16.5%Jul 22, 2026
Evercore ISIStephen Richardson$43$33.52 +35.4%Jul 22, 2026
See 74 more

Track every rating change on HAL the moment it posts. Free to start.

Start free

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Halliburton Company (HAL) is a global supplier of products and services tailored for the energy sector. Its operations are structured into two primary divisions: Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment focuses on enhancing well output through techniques like stimulation and sand control. It provides cementing services for well integrity, including casing and bonding, alongside a range of specialized downhole completion tools such as intelligent well systems, liner hangers, and multilateral solutions. This segment also supports production with offerings like coiled tubing, hydraulic workover units, pumping, and nitrogen services, in addition to managing pipeline and process services from initial setup (pre-commissioning, commissioning) through ongoing maintenance and eventual retirement (decommissioning). Furthermore, it supplies electrical submersible pumps and delivers artificial lift solutions.…

Historical context

All HAL earnings

Latest beats and misses

Who reports next

Get the HAL recap when the next report posts

One email per quarter with the scorecard, the market reaction and what changed on the call. No account needed.

Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:55.686058+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-08T06:00:44.724917+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-08T06:00:44.721647+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-08. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.