Oilfield Services Industry Faces Gloomy Outlook
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 4 days ago
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
- Declining Industry Demand: Strict capital discipline among upstream energy companies has significantly reduced the demand for oilfield services, leading to a gloomy outlook that adversely affects cash flow and profitability for related firms.
- Poor Market Performance: The Zacks Oil and Gas - Field Services industry ranks 204, placing it in the bottom 17% of over 250 industries, indicating bearish near-term prospects that may undermine investor confidence.
- Impact of Price Volatility: Despite high oil prices, oilfield service companies face challenges from a slowdown in drilling activities, resulting in decreased demand for services and exacerbating industry uncertainty.
- Failure to Meet Transition Goals: Not achieving energy transition objectives will negatively impact cash flows, forcing oilfield service companies to invest more in low-carbon technologies to address future market challenges.
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Analyst Views on HAL
Wall Street analysts forecast HAL stock price to fall
18 Analyst Rating
12 Buy
6 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 36.230
Low
28.00
Averages
32.31
High
39.00
Current: 36.230
Low
28.00
Averages
32.31
High
39.00
About HAL
Halliburton Company is a provider of products and services to the energy industry. The Company operates through two segments: Completion and Production and the Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment delivers cementing, stimulation, specialty chemicals, intervention, pressure control, artificial lift, and completion products and services. The segment consists of artificial lift, cementing, completion tools, multi-chem, pipeline and process services, production enhancement, and production solutions. The Drilling and Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, fluids, evaluation and precise wellbore placement solutions. The segment consists of Baroid, drill bits and services, Halliburton project management, landmark software and services, sperry drilling, testing and subsea and wireline and perforating. It develops cloud‑native applications for subsurface, drilling, well, and logistics data.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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