HALHalliburton

$34.45

Is the business good?

How good a business is HAL?

Halliburton earns 13% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

13%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 3.6 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
11%

Operating margin · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median 10% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Cash conversion
1.08×

Cash conversion · 1.15× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Share count, year on year
−2.2%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−17%
FY202112%
FY202213%
FY202318%
FY202417%
FY202510%
Details
Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
11%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
7.2%
Free cash flow margin
7.7%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$22.4B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$1.73B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$1.60B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
13%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.