The historical rank and industry rank for Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
HAL'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -48 Med: 5.44 Max: 14.61
Current: 14.1
HAL's Pretax Margin % is ranked better than 67.94% of 945
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 5.68
vs HAL: 14.10
Halliburton Co Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin %
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Halliburton Co Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Halliburton Co's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Halliburton Co (NYSE:HAL) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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Halliburton Co is North America's largest oilfield service company as measured by market share. Despite industry fragmentation, it holds a leading position in the hydraulic fracturing and completions market, which makes up nearly half of its revenue. It also holds strong positions in other service offerings like drilling and completions fluids, which leverages its expertise in material science, as well as the directional drilling market. While we consider SLB the global leader in reservoir evaluation, we think Halliburton leads in any activity from the reservoir to the wellbore. The firm's innovations have helped multiple producers lower their development costs per barrel of oil equivalent, with techniques that have been homed in over a century of operations.
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