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The biggest opportunity is accelerated international and deepwater expansion outside the Middle East, where management guides low double-digit revenue growth in FY2026.
Middle East Asia revenue declines by more than 15% YoY or consolidated operating margin falls below 10.50% in 2H 2026.
We rate Halliburton a Buy with an estimated Fair value of USD 35.90, offering 12.72% upside from the report-date price of USD 31.85 as of October 2, 2026, supported by international margin expansion and disciplined capital spending.3
The house rating for Halliburton is Buy. For an ordinary investor, this rating means the shares are priced below their intrinsic worth and present an attractive risk-adjusted entry point for capital appreciation over a multi-year cycle. Investors should expect steady cash generation, regular share buybacks, and expanding margins to drive investment gains as international operations offset domestic softness.
The report was prepared at a price of USD 31.85 as of October 2, 2026. Our valuation establishes a Fair value midpoint of USD 35.90, representing a 12.72% implied return and an 11.28% discount to fair value. Under stronger operational execution, the stock holds a Potential value of USD 47.80, which reflects 50.08% upside if international drilling accelerates and operating margins expand toward peak levels.34
The primary risk that could overturn this investment view is a severe geopolitical escalation or operational pause in Middle East Asia that forces customer rig stand-downs. Middle East Asia generated $5,832M, or 26.3% of consolidated FY2025 revenue. If regional conflict triggers extended project cancellations or rig suspensions, fixed equipment mobilization costs would remain unabsorbed, causing consolidated operating margins to fall below 10.5%. Investors would see this deterioration through Middle East revenue contracting more than 15% year-over-year, which would squeeze free cash flow and impair earnings power.47
The core engine driving value creation is Halliburton's dynamic equipment portability and capital discipline. By moving hydraulic fracturing fleets and downhole tools from low-margin North American basins to higher-margin overseas contracts, the company lifts operating margins from 10.19% in FY2025 toward a normalized 13.5%. At the same time, management is reducing FY2026 capital expenditures to approximately $1.1B compared to $1.25B in FY2025. This combination expands free cash flow conversion above FY2025's $1,672M, funding ongoing share repurchases that increase earnings per share and support rerating toward our USD 35.90 Fair value, with Potential value of USD 47.80 achievable under prolonged cycle strength.456
Halliburton is successfully diversifying away from mature North American land markets by securing multi-year contracts in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, with international revenue outside the Middle East guided to grow low double digits in FY2026.4
Management dynamically redeploys hydraulic fracturing and completion fleets overseas to capture premium pricing, driving Completion and Production operating margins toward a normalized 13.5% and supporting guided Q3 sequential margin expansion of 125 to 175 basis points.4
We rate Halliburton a Buy because dynamic fleet redeployment to higher-margin international markets and strict capital expenditure discipline expand free cash flow and drive earnings per share growth above market expectations.4
Halliburton Company is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, operating across more than 70 countries worldwide. The company serves major integrated energy producers, national oil companies, and independent exploration and production firms, helping customers locate, drill, evaluate, complete, and optimize hydrocarbon reservoirs throughout the full asset lifecycle. Business demand is directly tied to customer capital expenditure and operational spending across upstream exploration, field development, and production activities.
The company conducts business through two operating segments: Completion and Production (C&P) and Drilling and Evaluation (D&E). Completion and Production delivers downhole completion tools, artificial lift systems, pressure pumping, and well cementing solutions that optimize wellbore productivity. Drilling and Evaluation provides directional drilling systems, logging-while-drilling technologies, specialty drilling fluids, and Landmark digital reservoir evaluation software across global onshore and offshore basins.
Under a severe compound cyclical stress scenario combining a 15% contraction in Middle East revenue with an 8% contraction in North American completion spend and a 300 bps operating margin compression, consolidated EBIT would decline below $1,800M relative to FY2025 operating income of $2,260M. With total debt standing at $8,199M and current liabilities of $5,588M, annual debt service and fixed charges would absorb a substantial share of operating cash flow, which stood at $2,926M in FY2025. Free cash flow would compress significantly from FY2025 levels of $1,672M, forcing management to halt discretionary share repurchases and cut capital expenditures well below the guided $1.1B run-rate to preserve balance sheet liquidity.
Halliburton possesses a narrow economic moat rooted in its integrated technology platform across Completion and Production ($12,782M FY2025 revenue) and Drilling and Evaluation ($9,402M FY2025 revenue). The company competitive moat is reinforced by switching costs in complex reservoir completions, proprietary subsurface software integration via Landmark, and a global logistics infrastructure capable of shifting equipment across international basins.
While domestic hydraulic fracturing faces cyclical pricing volatility and operator consolidation, Halliburton international presence—anchored by $5,832M in Middle East Asia revenue, $3,935M in Latin America, and $3,351M in Europe/Africa/CIS —provides multi-year contract stability. Capital discipline, reducing FY2026 capex to ~$1.1B, supports returns on invested capital above cost of capital across the cycle.
The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($35.90). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.
Free cash flow to the firm stays positive in the first projected year at $1.8B after modeled reinvestment of $240.3M, with terminal value at 78.7% of enterprise value. A sudden drop in free cash flow is not projected unless capital spending relative to , reinvestment, or resets materially.
A quarterly report exceeding expectations on international revenue and operating margins would confirm that dynamic fleet redeployment and proprietary software adoption are accelerating operating leverage faster than anticipated.
Industry capex-to-revenue benchmark stands at 0.9% and capex-to-depreciation is 0.92, demonstrating that the oilfield services industry is operating below replacement capital expenditure. Halliburton mirrors this discipline by guiding FY2026 capex to ~$1.1B, down from $1,254M in FY2025.46
The cyclical bull upcycle is propelled by multi-year international and offshore deepwater investments where national oil companies expand upstream capital commitments. Outside the Middle East, international business is guided to expand low double digits, while structural software mix and deepwater contract awards in Latin America and Europe/Africa expand operating margins into FY2027.
The cyclical bear perspective centers on persistent North American land completion softness driven by upstream operator consolidation and budget discipline, with Q3 C&P guided flat to down 2%. In addition, geopolitical escalations in the Middle East cause operational step-backs and customer pauses, while unrecovered equipment mobilization costs threaten .
Moderate conviction reflects Halliburton strong structural free cash flow inflection and international expansion, balanced against cyclical North American completion maturity and geopolitical risk in the Middle East.
Risk management controls limit aggregate energy services exposure to prudent portfolio parameters, mitigating commodity cycle volatility. Positions are monitored against key operational milestones: domestic hydraulic fracturing fleet utilization, sequential margin progression in Completion and Production, and international tender execution across Latin America and deepwater offshore basins. If consolidated operating margins fail to hold above 10.50% or capex escalates beyond $1.30B, exposure should be reduced to maintain capital preservation discipline.
Halliburton trades at a forward P/E of 11.43x, an attractive discount to large-cap oilfield peers SLB (15.19x) and BKR (18.61x). Capital expenditure discipline, guided at ~$1.1B in FY2026 down from $1,254M in FY2025, drives strong free cash flow conversion above FY2025 levels of $1,672M. This cash flow supports ongoing share repurchases, providing strong total-return support at a 11.28% discount to our Fair value of USD 35.90.3456
We recommend a Buy rating on Halliburton Company with a Fair value estimate of USD 35.90, representing a 12.72% implied return from the report-date price of USD 31.85 as of October 2, 2026. Halliburton's core investment thesis rests on dynamic fleet redeployment from mature North American completion markets to high-margin international and deepwater basins, preserving profitability across cycles. With full-year 2026 capex guided down to ~$1.1B from $1.25B in FY2025, robust free cash flow conversion funds continuous share repurchases and strengthens balance sheet durability.345
While near-term risks center on Middle East geopolitical friction and unquantified equipment mobilization costs, these headwinds are manageable and reflected in the valuation. Halliburton trades at a forward P/E of 11.43x, below peers SLB (15.19x) and BKR (18.61x). expansion guided in Completion and Production (125-175 bps sequentially in Q3) and Drilling and Evaluation (25-75 bps sequentially in Q3) demonstrates commercial pricing traction, supporting consensus expansion to $2.90 by FY2027 and offering upside toward of USD 47.80.
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The bear scenario envisions an extended cyclical contraction wherein domestic completion activity remains depressed and Middle East geopolitical tensions cause widespread project deferrals. Unabsorbed fleet mobilization and maintenance expenses compress operating margins toward single digits, while weakened operating cash flow restricts discretionary share repurchases. This downside outcome would be disconfirmed if international redeployment quickly restores fleet utilization and pricing power. Readers will monitor domestic rig counts and international margin realizations across forthcoming quarterly reports to assess downside progression.
Middle East Asia delivered $5,832M or 26.3% of FY2025 revenue. Regional conflict escalation has caused recurring starts and pullbacks, while guidance assumes steady activity without pre-war recovery. An escalation triggering a 15% YoY top-line contraction in the region would result in severe fixed-cost underabsorption, driving an estimated 28.5% fair value decline.47
FY2025 consolidated operating margin was 10.19%. C&P Q3 sequential revenue is guided flat to down 2%, while management faces unquantified international mobilization costs alongside higher maintenance costs. If persistent North American completion softness and unabsorbed mobilization expenses compress operating margins below 10.5% (a 300 bps margin contraction), cash generation deteriorates, producing an estimated 31.0% fair value impact.346
Halliburton trades at a forward P/E of 11.43x. Upstream E&P capital discipline and operator consolidation could drive sector-wide valuation compression to 10.0x P/E rather than expanding to the mid-cycle terminal multiple of 12.5x. This 20% contraction in the terminal equity multiple results in an estimated 24.0% reduction in fair value.3
The five developments that would weaken our investment case.
Regional geopolitical escalations causing customer rig stand-downs and project cancellations across Middle East concessions reducing annual regional revenue below $4,950M.
Current:0.0% YoY under steady activity guidance assumptions
Alert if< -15.0% YoY
Failure to realize guided Q3 C&P margin expansion of 125 to 175 basis points due to unabsorbed equipment mobilization expenses and higher fleet maintenance costs.
Current:10.19% in FY2025
Alert if< 10.50% in 2H 2026
Reinvestment exceeding $1.30B would breach management capital discipline guidance, compressing free cash flow conversion below 50% of EBITDA.
Current:$1.1B guided for FY2026 ($1,254M in FY2025)
Alert if> $1.30B in FY2026
Upstream operator budget exhaustion and consolidation driving sharp domestic hydraulic fracturing activity cuts and pricing concessions.
Current:Flat to down 2% sequential guidance in Q3 2026
Alert if< -8.0% YoY
Extended project delays and customer activity pauses in international drilling concessions leading to underutilized high-tier logging-while-drilling and directional drilling fleets.
Current:Down 3% to 5% sequential guidance in Q3 2026
Alert if< -7.0% sequentially
Halliburton generates a return on invested capital of 12.64%, comfortably exceeding its computed WACC of 7.9411% and moderate cost of equity of 8.9445%. Management capital discipline, reducing FY2026 capex to approximately $1.1B from $1,254M in FY2025 against $2,260M in operating income, sustains positive economic profit generation across the energy cycle.246
Each lens answers a different valuation question. Only included lenses set Fair value; floors and diagnostics provide context.
Project SBC-adjusted EPS, discount each year's earnings at cost of equity, then add a Gordon-growth terminal value.
Under the moderate discount rate, $9.95 comes from forecast-period earnings and $35.47 from the long-term value, totaling $45.42.
Project EPS through the explicit advantage period, fade growth as competition catches up, and discount the full stream at cost of equity.
Apply a terminal P/E to the dated forward EPS path, then discount that future share value back to the analysis date.
Convert the revenue and margin path into after-tax free cash flow, discount the annual per-share amounts and at , then adjust for signed per current share.
Add depreciation to net income, subtract maintenance capex, divide by diluted shares, and apply a normalized valuation multiple.
Solve for the growth rate that makes the model value equal the report-date share price.
The base scenario anchors our Fair value at $35.90, representing an implied return of 12.7% from $31.85 (as of 2026-10-02) with an assigned probability of 55.0%. For this scenario to hold, international contract execution must sustain modest revenue growth while operating margins expand steadily toward mid-cycle expectations as equipment is redeployed overseas. This path would be disconfirmed if North American completion softness deepens without offsetting international volume gains, or if unrecovered fleet mobilization expenses compress operating profitability. Investors will be able to verify this trajectory across upcoming quarterly reports through sequential margin performance in Completion and Production.
The bull scenario establishes a Potential value of $47.80, offering an implied return of 50.1% from $31.85 (as of 2026-10-02) with an assessed probability of 20.0%. This pathway requires international revenue outside the Middle East to accelerate well beyond initial targets, swift resolution of regional Middle East pauses, and rapid adoption of high-margin digital solutions. The scenario would be disconfirmed if operator spending discipline caps offshore tender rates or if competitor discounting by global peers erodes market share. Confirmation of this outcome will appear over the next several quarters through accelerating international revenue and sharp sequential margin expansion.
Quarterly results matching guided expectations confirm that international activity gains are offsetting North American land stagnation while disciplined capital expenditures protect cash flow.
Results missing guidance due to deeper domestic land contraction or unrecovered equipment mobilization costs would indicate margin compression and slower free cash flow conversion.
Earnings quality remains supported by healthy operating cash conversion relative to reported net income, reflecting disciplined working capital management. Receivables and contract assets show steady collections across national oil company clients, though equipment mobilization across borders introduces temporary logistics expenditure timing. The absence of aggressive revenue recognition and the strategic divestiture of lower-margin specialty chemical operations improve underlying cash conversion durability and reduce working capital volatility.
Consensus earnings revisions have remained relatively stable post-earnings, exhibiting minor adjustments across sell-side models. FY2026 and FY2027 estimates reflect modest trimming due to North American completion softness and Middle East activity pauses, balanced by steady international contract awards and capital discipline.
Operating margin expansion in Completion and Production demonstrates pricing resilience and successful equipment redeployment overseas, driving consolidated operating leverage and expanding cash conversion per share.
International expansion outside the Middle East provides multi-year revenue stability and verifies market share gains across offshore and unconventional basins, offsetting domestic budget exhaustion.
Restrained capital outlays below annual depreciation expand free cash flow conversion, increasing discretionary cash available for share buybacks and balance sheet de-leveraging.
Middle East revenue stability prevents fixed-cost underabsorption and protects high-tier directional drilling and evaluation profitability.
Continuous share repurchases reduce outstanding diluted share count, accelerating diluted earnings per share growth and signaling management confidence in intrinsic equity value.
| $15.30B |
| $20.30B |
| $23.02B |
| $22.94B |
| $22.18B |
| +9.7% |
| Gross profit | $2.02B | $3.24B | $23.02B | $4.30B | $3.48B | +14.7% |
| Operating income | $1.80B | $2.71B | $4.08B | $3.82B | $2.26B | +5.9% |
| Net income | $1.46B | $1.57B | $2.64B | $2.50B | $1.28B | -3.1% |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $2.16 | $3.14 | $2.99 | $2.42 | +22.1% |
| EBITDA | $2.65B | $3.94B | $4.08B | $5.01B | $4.12B | +11.7% |
| R&D | $321.0M | $345.0M | $408.0M | $426.0M | $411.0M | +6.4% |
| SG&A | $204.0M | $240.0M | $228.0M | $239.0M | $239.0M | +4.0% |
Cash flow generation reflects structural inflection driven by disciplined capital expenditures and solid cash conversion. FY2025 operating cash flow of $2,926M supported $1,672M in free cash flow after funding $1,254M in capex. Guided FY2026 capex of ~$1.1B reduces capital intensity below annual depreciation of ~$1,136M, yielding a modeled net reinvestment rate of 12.0% in FY2026. This dynamic generates projected FY2026 free cash flow to the firm of $1,761.9M on $2,002.2M of projected NOPAT. Working capital requirements remain manageable despite temporary equipment mobilization outlays, sustaining robust free cash conversion across the forecast horizon.456
Halliburton capital allocation framework prioritizes returning surplus cash flow to shareholders alongside disciplined reinvestment and debt reduction. In FY2025, the company generated $1,672M in free cash flow from $2,926M in operating cash flow against $1,254M in capex. Full-year 2026 capex is guided lower to approximately $1.1B. Management confirmed that share buybacks will accelerate to re-establish the historical run rate (~$1B annually), which has reduced share count to 835.4M shares. Balance sheet obligations include $8,199M in total debt and $5,588M in current liabilities, with cash flow comfortably servicing liabilities. Strategic portfolio pruning, such as divesting the specialty chemical business, further sharpens core capital efficiency.
Operating margin expansion from 10.19% in FY2025 ($2,260M operating income on $22,184M revenue) through the modeled 5-year path toward 13.50%, combined with restrained capex of $1.1B in FY2026, drives an expanding return on invested capital.
Current ROIC of 12.64% generates a positive economic spread of 470 basis points above the computed WACC of 7.9411%, confirming persistent economic profit creation.
North America delivered $9,066M in FY2025 with Q3 C&P revenue guided flat to down 2%, whereas international revenue outside the Middle East is guided to grow low double digits in FY2026.
International expansion diversifies revenue away from North American land volatility, enabling equipment redeployment to capture superior pricing and margins.
Full-year 2026 capex is guided to approximately $1.1B, down from $1,254M in FY2025, while FY2025 operating cash flow reached $2,926M.
Moderating capital intensity expands free cash flow conversion from FY2025 baseline of $1,672M, bolstering capacity for continuous share repurchases.
Q3 D&E margins are guided to improve 25 to 75 bps sequentially as high-margin Landmark software sales replace lower-margin drilling fluids.
Product mix shift toward digital solutions and software protects division gross margins and accelerates progress toward normalized operating margins of 13.5%.
| Revenue | $5,714,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Cost of revenue | $4,910,000,000 |
| Gross profit | $804,000,000 |
| Operating expenses | $26,000,000 |
| Operating income | $778,000,000 |
| Non-operating items and tax | -$244,000,000 |
| Net income | $534,000,000 |
| Total assets | $25,010,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $2,206,000,000 |
| Current assets | $11,398,000,000 |
| Total liabilities | $14,505,000,000 |
| Current liabilities | $5,588,000,000 |
| Shareholders’ equity | $10,505,000,000 |
| Net income | $1,283,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Operating inflow | $2,926,000,000 |
| Depreciation and amortization | $1,136,000,000 |
| Other operating adjustments | $507,000,000 |
| Operating cash flow | $2,926,000,000 |
| Cash available | $5,544,000,000 |
| Beginning cash | $2,618,000,000 |
| Investing outflow | $1,325,000,000 |
| Capex | $1,254,000,000 |
| Other investing activities | $71,000,000 |
| Financing outflow | $1,987,000,000 |
| Share repurchases | $1,007,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | $579,000,000 |
| Net debt repayment | $389,000,000 |
| Other financing activities | $12,000,000 |
| Exchange-rate effect | $26,000,000 |
| Ending cash | $2,206,000,000 |
| Investing cash flow | -$1,325,000,000 |
| Financing cash flow | -$1,987,000,000 |
Source: SEC EDGAR · Filed 2026-02-06 · SEC EDGAR
| Revenue by operating segment | Revenue | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completion And Production | $12.8B | 57.6% | -3.5% |
| Drilling And Evaluation | $9.4B | 42.4% | -3% |
Source: SEC EDGAR · Filed 2026-02-06 · SEC EDGAR
| Revenue by geography | Revenue | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | $9.1B | 40.9% | -5.8% |
| Middle East Asia | $5.8B | 26.3% | -4.5% |
| Latin America | $3.9B | 17.7% | -6.6% |
| Europe Africa CIS | $3.4B | 15.1% | 11.6% |
Point-in-time financial data used in the 2026-10-05 analysis.
| Period | Revenue | EBITDA | Net income | Operating cash flow | Free cash flow | Capex | Depreciation and amortization | Stock-based compensation | Share repurchases | Dividends paid | Net debt issuance | Investing cash flow | Financing cash flow | Beginning cash | Ending cash | Cash and investments | Total debt | Operating margin | ROIC | WACC | ROIC − WACC spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $15.9B | $2.1B | -$5.8B | -$1.7B | -$2.5B | $798M | $1.5B | $262M | $0 | $620M | — | -$710M | -$3.5B | — | $4B | $4.1B | $12.4B | -42.6% | — | — | — |
| 2017-12-31 | $20.6B | $3.6B | -$463M | $2.5B | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $290M | $0 | $626M | — | -$1.9B | -$2.2B | $4B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $10.9B | 6.7% | — | 5.7% | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $24B | $4.3B | $1.7B | $3.2B | $1.1B | $2B | $1.6B | $274M | $400M | $630M | — | -$2B | -$1.4B | $2.3B | $2B | $2B | $10.3B | 10.3% | — | 5.9% | — |
| 2019-12-31 | $22.4B | $3.1B | -$1.1B | $2.4B | $915M | $1.5B | $1.6B | $257M | $100M | $630M | — | -$1.4B | -$695M | $2B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $11.4B | -2.0% | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $14.4B | $1.6B | -$2.9B | $1.9B | $1.2B | $728M | $1.1B | -$1.1B | $100M | $278M | — | -$486M | -$1B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $10.8B | -16.9% | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $15.3B | $2.6B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $1.1B | $799M | $904M | -$904M | $0 | $161M | — | -$534M | -$838M | $2.6B | $3B | $3B | $10.2B | 11.8% | — | 7.1% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $20.3B | $3.9B | $1.6B | $2.2B | $1.2B | $1B | $940M | $219M | $250M | $435M | -$1.2B | -$967M | -$1.8B | $3B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $8.9B | 13.3% | — | 8.9% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $23B | $4.1B | $2.6B | $3.5B | $2.1B | $1.4B | $998M | $219M | $800M | $576M | -$305M | -$1.7B | -$1.7B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $8.8B | 17.7% | — | 8.6% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $22.9B | $5B | $2.5B | $3.9B | $2.4B | $1.4B | $1.1B | — | $1B | $600M | -$100M | -$1.7B | -$1.7B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $7.2B | 16.7% | — | 9.0% | — |
| 2025-12-31 | $22.2B | $4.1B | $1.3B | $2.9B | $1.7B | $1.3B | $1.1B | — | $1B | $579M | -$389M | -$1.3B | -$2B | $2.6B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $7.2B | 10.2% | — | 6.1% | — |
Halliburton Company (HAL) trades at 11.4x forward earnings against a peer median of 14.2x. Its EV/EBITDA of 7.9x compares with a peer median of 8.5x. The comparison uses 4 peers: Schlumberger Limited, Baker Hughes Company, APA Corporation and EQT Corporation, as of 2026-10-04 to 2026-10-05.
Halliburton is strategically positioned as the global market leader in Completion and Production ($12,782M FY2025 revenue) and a premier provider of Drilling and Evaluation technologies ($9,402M FY2025 revenue). The company manages cyclical divergence between North America ($9,066M FY2025 revenue) and expanding international basins ($13,118M combined revenue across Middle East/Asia, Latin America, and Europe/Africa) by dynamically redeploying equipment overseas to maximize total fleet returns.47
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| Why |
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| $30.00 - $32.00 | Establish initial position tranche (50% of intended allocation) | Represents an attractive entry zone below Fair value of $35.90, offering double-digit upside potential with favorable margin of safety. |
| $27.00 - $29.00 | Add secondary accumulation tranche (remaining 50% allocation) | Deep cyclical discount approaching forward valuation multiples near 10.0x P/E, offering strong risk-adjusted upside toward intrinsic value. |
While North American land completion demand remains flat to down 2% sequentially in Q3, international operations outside the Middle East are growing in the low double digits. Sequential operating margins in Completion and Production are guided to expand by 125 to 175 basis points in Q3, while high-margin software sales boost Drilling and Evaluation profitability into FY2027, supporting consensus EPS expansion of 23.63% to $2.90 in FY2027.14
The bear perspective warns that severe Middle East geopolitical escalation or customer rig stand-downs could trigger fixed-cost underabsorption, as Middle East Asia represents $5,832M or 26.3% of FY2025 revenue. Furthermore, unrecovered equipment mobilization costs and North American completion pricing pressure could compress consolidated operating margins below 10.50%. If Middle East revenue declines by more than 15% YoY, this concrete trigger would falsify the margin recovery thesis and reduce fair value by 28.5%.47
Not every cited input appears here: internal calculations and intermediate model outputs have no external record, and some citations could not be matched to one.
Discounted forecast-period cash flows ($10.11) plus discounted terminal value ($37.33) minus signed net debt per current share ($5.93) equals the $41.52 lens value shown above. Negative net debt is net cash, so subtracting it raises value.
| Baker Hughes Company |
| $55.6B |
| 18.6x |
| 2.0x |
| 11.4x |
| 16.5% |
| 12.8% |
| APA | APA Corporation | $15.3B | 9.5x | 1.8x | 3.4x | 26.7% | 56.3% |
| EQT | EQT Corporation | $31.4B | 13.3x | 3.4x | 5.8x | 11.1% | 23.4% |
