Baker Hughes (BKR) Stock Analysis – A Brief Overview

By Chris Stiles • Friday, July 26 15:09 • Permanent Link

Shares of Metal Fabrication company Baker Hughes jumped 5.8% today. With many investors piling into BKR without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Baker Hughes has moved 0.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.8%
BKR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.64% away from its mean target price of $40.76 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.97
Baker Hughes has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.1 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.52 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.38 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.71
Baker Hughes is part of the Industrials sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.19 and an average P/B of 3.17
BKR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 45.0% and gross profit margins of 0.2%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.13 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Baker Hughes Company provides a portfolio of technologies and services to energy and industrial value chain worldwide. The company operates through Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE) and Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segments. The OFSE segment designs and manufactures products and provides related services, including exploration, appraisal, development, production, rejuvenation, and decommissioning for onshore and offshore oilfield operations. This segment also provides drilling services, drill bits, and drilling and completions fluids; completions, intervention, measurements, pressure pumping, and wireline services; artificial lift systems, and oilfield and industrial chemicals; subsea projects and services, flexible pipe systems, and surface pressure control systems; and integrated well services and solutions. It serves oil and natural gas companies; the United States and international independent oil and natural gas companies; national or state-owned oil companies; engineering, procurement, and construction contractors; geothermal companies; and other oilfield service companies. The IET segment provides gas technology equipment, including drivers, driven equipment, flow control, and turnkey solutions for the mechanical-drive, compression, and power-generation applications; and energy sectors, such as oil and gas, LNG operations, petrochemical, and carbon solutions. This segment also provides rack-based vibration monitoring equipment and sensors; integrated asset performance management products; inspection services; pumps, valves, and gears; precision sensors and instrumentation, and condition monitoring solutions. It serves upstream, midstream, downstream, onshore, offshore, and small and large scale customers. The company was formerly known as Baker Hughes, a GE company and changed its name to Baker Hughes Company in October 2019. Baker Hughes Company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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