Stifel Maintains Buy Rating for Halliburton: Here's What You Need To Know

Stifel has decided to maintain its Buy rating of Halliburton HAL and lower its price target from $49.00 to $48.00.

Shares of Halliburton are trading up 1.11% over the last 24 hours, at $37.94 per share.

A move to $48.00 would account for a 26.52% increase from the current share price.

About Halliburton

Halliburton is one of the three largest oilfield service firms in the world, offering superior expertise in a number of business lines, including completion fluids, wireline services, cementing, and countless others. It's the number-one pressure pumper in North America, and has been a leading innovator in hydraulic fracturing over the past two decades.

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