Take This Into Account Before Investing in BKR

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, April 02 09:53 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Industrials company Baker Hughes has moved -0.9% so far today on a volume of 394,784, compared to its average of 7,692,615. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

Baker Hughes trades -13.47% away from its average analyst target price of $51.3 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $40.0 to $58.0, and on average have given Baker Hughes a rating of buy.

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

Baker Hughes's current price is 73.7% above its Graham number of $25.56, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Baker Hughes has moved 32.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 8.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.98, Baker Hughes has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
BKR has a forward P/E ratio of 17.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.57 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.6 compared to its sector average of 3.2
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 $43.97 Billion. Baker Hughes currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.9%.

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