Halliburton (HAL) Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Down YoY

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By Zacks Investment Research | Jan 19, 2021 01:28AM ET

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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) HAL reported fourth-quarter 2020 adjusted net income per share of 18 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 15 cents. The outperformance reflects stronger-than-expected profits from both its divisions.

However, the bottom line compared unfavorably with the year-ago adjusted profit of 32 cents as the slump in oil prices has pushed drilling activity lower by introducing tremendous uncertainty around the exploration and production spending outlook.

Meanwhile, revenues of $3.2 billion were 37.6% lower than the year-ago quarter but essentially matched the Zacks Consensus Estimate. North American revenue fell 46.9% year over year to $1.2 billion, while revenue from Halliburton’s international operations was down 30% from the year-ago period to $2 billion.

Halliburton Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Management’s Outlook

The world’s biggest provider of hydraulic fracking noted that the North American activity levels are finally gathering momentum, while international operations are likely to bottom out in the first quarter of 2021. The company’s disciplined execution, cost-cutting measures and improvements in service offerings should lead to strong margins and cash flows. With the most encouraging macro backdrop in months and the sector’s recovery from the coronavirus-induced depths, Halliburton is targeting industry-leading returns and strong free cash flow.

Segmental Performance

Operating income from the Completion and Production segment was $282 million, 27.1% below the year-ago level of $387 million. The division’s performance was affected by weakness in pressure pumping operations in Saudi Arabia and a soft completion tools market in Eurasia and Australia.

However, the segment profit was ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $236 million due to strengthening North American activity across product lines, an uptick in stimulation job in Argentina and Kuwait, improving completion tools sales in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Norway, and, finally, robust well intervention services overseas.

Drilling and Evaluation unit profit fell from $224 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 to $117 million in the corresponding period of 2020. This was primarily due to decreased project management activity in Europe/Africa/CIS, the Middle East, and Mexico, together with weak wireline activity in Asia Pacific and Saudi Arabia.

Despite these setbacks, the division managed to beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $115 million on increased drilling-associated activities in North America and Brazil, higher wireline operations in North America and Latin America, improved fluids business in Asia Pacific and Guyana, as well as increased software revenues worldwide.

Balance Sheet

Halliburton, the world's second-largest oilfield services company after Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) SLB, reported fourth-quarter capital expenditure of $218 million. As of Dec 31, 2020, the company had approximately $2.6 billion in cash/cash equivalents and $9.1 billion in long-term debt, representing a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 64.7%.

Zacks Rank & Stock Picks

Halliburton currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Meanwhile, investors interested in the oilfield services space could look at some better options like KLX Energy Services Holdings (NASDAQ:KLXE) KLXE and Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (NYSE:SOI) SOI that sport a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

The fiscal 2021 Zacks Consensus Estimate for KLX Energy Services indicates 20.1% earnings per share growth over fiscal 2020.

The 2021 Zacks Consensus Estimate for Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure indicates 250% earnings per share growth over 2020.

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