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Baker Hughes Company – A Brief Stock Analysis

Baker Hughes Company logged a -2.2% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $35.3 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. BKR's trading volume is 3,955,817 compared to the stock's average volume of 7,346,506.

Baker Hughes Company trades -11.02% away from its average analyst target price of $39.67 per share. The 24 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $30.0 to $44.0, and on average have given Baker Hughes Company a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying BKR should be aware of the facts below:

  • Baker Hughes Company's current price is 79.2% above its Graham number of $19.69, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety

  • Baker Hughes Company has moved 41.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 8.0%

  • Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.15, Baker Hughes Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97

  • BKR has a forward P/E ratio of 17.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.03 per share

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.55 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Baker Hughes Company is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.36 compared to its sector average of 3.78

  • Baker Hughes Company provides a portfolio of technologies and services to energy and industrial value chain worldwide.

  • Based in Houston, the company has 57,000 full time employees and a market cap of $35.89 Billion. Baker Hughes Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.1%.

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