Company name Halliburton Company
Stock ticker HAL
Live stock price [stckqut]HAL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $49.12
Target stock price (averages with growth) $78.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $65.13
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.13

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hal
Halliburton Company is an oilfield services company. The Company is provider of services and products to the energy industry related to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. It serves national, and independent oil and natural gas companies worldwide and operates in two segments: Completion and Production segment and Drilling and Evaluation segment. The Company conducts business worldwide in approximately 80 countries. The business operations of its divisions are organized around four primary geographic regions: North America, Latin America, Europe/Africa/CIS, and Middle East/Asia. During the year ended December 31, 2011, based on the location of services provided and products sold, 55% of its consolidated revenue was from the United States. In October 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of Multi-Chem Group, LLC. In August 2012, its Landmark Software and Services acquired Petris Technology Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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Company name Halliburton Company
Stock ticker HAL
Live stock price [stckqut]HAL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $15.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $23.56
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $22.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $21.8

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. I know that Jim Cramer recently said that Haliburton is a company that you should Buy, but I simply do not agree based on their ability to consistently grow.