Halliburton Company

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Jefferies has made a big move by adding an oil services industry leader to the firm's well-respected Franchise Picks list of stocks to Buy.
These blue chip dividend stocks are leaders in their respective sectors, and all four still offer investors decent value at current trading levels.
24/7 Wall St. tracked numerous upgrades and downgrades, as well as new coverage initiations, in the June 17 week. There was an abnormal amount of these analyst calls in the oil and gas sector.
A recent survey found 82% of respondents said they now favor oil field services to E&P stocks, a huge shift from May.
In a new research report, Merrill Lynch reinstates coverage of oil field services with what they analysts call a “selective” view.
RBC has three stocks in the oilfield services sector that look particularly well positioned now. They make good sense for investors looking to add oilfield services stocks to a portfolio.
24/7 Wall St. reviews many key analyst upgrades and downgrades throughout the week. There remains a huge interest in which oil and gas stocks now offer long-term upside for investors.
Despite the failed attempt to acquire Baker Hughes, Argus believes that Halliburton remains better positioned than most peers to take advantage of new technology in the North American land market.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include AIG, AT&T, Freeport-McMoRan, Halliburton, LendingClub, Range Resources, Salesforce.com and SecureWorks.
Keeping with more conservative large cap sector leaders makes sense for investors looking to add some oil services exposure to their portfolios.
This merger fell through not because it would have been anticompetitive. It fell through because neither Halliburton nor Baker Hughes is in existential danger, at least not yet.
Baker Hughes said Monday that it intends to buy back $1.5 billion in its shares, along with $1 billion in debt.
The second- and third-largest oilfield services companies in the world officially ended their merger agreement late Sunday.
Just how badly is the oil industry suffering? Halliburton's discussion of the past quarter makes that plain.
Halliburton and Baker Hughes are taking a stand against the U.S. Department of Justice's most recent effort to block their intended merger.