Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Analyst Stock Ratings: Halliburton Company (HAL), eBay Inc. (EBAY)

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) tinted loss of -2.17% (-1.22 points) to US$ 54.88. The volume of 8.39 Million shares climbed up over an trading activity of 8.32 Million shares. EPS ratio determined by looking at last 12 month figures is -6.7. Over the same time span, the stock marked US$ 58.78 as its best level and the lowest price reached was US$ 27.96. The corporation has a market cap of US$ 47.47 Billion.

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)’s earnings per share has been growing at a -32.3 percent rate over the past 5 year when average revenue increase was noted as -8.5 percent. The return on equity ratio or ROE stands at -55.1 percent while most common profitability ratio return on investment (ROI) was -22.6 percent. The company’s institutional ownership is monitored at 81.3 percent. The company’s net profit margin has achieved the current level of -36.3 percent and possesses 28.8 percent gross margin.

Daily Analyst Recommendations

A number of key analysts, polled by FactSet, shared their views about the current stock momentum. The forecast of 32 surveyed investment analysts covering the stock advises investors to Buy stake in the company. At present, 1 analysts call it Sell, while 4 think it is Hold. Recently, analysts have updated the overall rating to 1.8. 3 analysts recommended Overweight these shares while 2 recommended Underweight, according to FactSet data.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is worth US$ 36.14 Billion and has recently risen 1.25% to US$ 32.43. The latest exchange of 8.14 Million shares is above its average trading activity of 10.41 Million shares. The day began at US$ 31.95 but the price moved to US$ 31.8 at one point during the trading and finally capitulating to a session high of US$ 32.47. The stock tapped a 52-week high of US$ 33.19 while the mean 12-month price target for the shares is US$ 34.15.

Currently, the stock carries a price to earnings ratio of 5.01, a price to book ratio of 3.4, and a price to sales ratio of 4.03. For the past 5 years, the company’s revenue has grown -5.1%, while the company’s earnings per share has grown 21%. With an institutional ownership near 86.9%, it carries an earnings per share ratio of 6.48.

Inside Look At Analysts Reviews

Latest analyst recommendations could offer little help to investors. The stock is a Buy among 11 brokerage firms polled by Factset Research. At present, 24 analysts recommended Holding these shares while 1 recommended sell, according to FactSet data. 1 analysts call it Underweight, while 2 think it is Overweight. Recently, investment analysts covering the stock have updated the mean rating to 2.5.

Analyst Stock Ratings: Halliburton Company (HAL), eBay Inc. (EBAY)

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