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Baker Hughes – Analyzing Recent Market Sentiment Shifts

Baker Hughes stock is trading -22.92% below its average target price of $47.23 after marking a 2.9% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Metal Fabrication company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $39.0 to $56.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.6%, and a short ratio of 2.9. The company's insiders own 0.15% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 98.4% of Baker Hughes's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Baker Hughes

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 15% 121,193,715 $4,412,663,144
2024-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 11% 94,424,959 $3,438,012,742
2024-12-31 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 10% 82,998,814 $3,021,986,805
2024-12-31 State Street Corporation 8% 64,724,883 $2,356,632,980
2024-12-31 Dodge & Cox Inc 6% 45,658,130 $1,662,412,506
2024-12-31 Capital World Investors 4% 32,519,138 $1,184,021,809
2024-12-31 Capital Research Global Investors 3% 27,687,590 $1,008,105,147
2024-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3% 24,543,925 $893,644,305
2024-12-31 NORGES BANK 2% 20,211,885 $735,914,729
2024-12-31 FIL LTD 2% 16,036,161 $583,876,619

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Baker Hughes.

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