Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) Price Target Raised to $65.00

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKRFree Report) had its price target upped by BMO Capital Markets from $55.00 to $65.00 in a research note released on Tuesday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

BKR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Baker Hughes in a research note on Monday, December 29th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Baker Hughes in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Zephirin Group boosted their price objective on Baker Hughes from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Baker Hughes from $50.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their target price on Baker Hughes from $56.00 to $58.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $57.58.

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Baker Hughes Stock Performance

BKR stock opened at $56.73 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $49.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.97. The company has a market capitalization of $55.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.82, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Baker Hughes has a fifty-two week low of $33.60 and a fifty-two week high of $58.50.

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKRGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Sunday, January 25th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.11. Baker Hughes had a net margin of 9.33% and a return on equity of 14.51%. The firm had revenue of $7.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. Baker Hughes’s quarterly revenue was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts predict that Baker Hughes will post 2.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Baker Hughes

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BKR. Woodline Partners LP raised its holdings in Baker Hughes by 40.8% during the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 83,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,676,000 after buying an additional 24,225 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 5.6% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 18,481 shares of the company’s stock worth $812,000 after buying an additional 986 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Baker Hughes by 15.1% in the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 7,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,000 after acquiring an additional 1,051 shares in the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 1.4% during the second quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 21,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $834,000 after acquiring an additional 292 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 3.9% during the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 386,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,826,000 after acquiring an additional 14,621 shares during the period. 92.06% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Baker Hughes Company Profile

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Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides a broad portfolio of products, services and digital solutions for the oil and gas and industrial markets. Its offerings span oilfield services and equipment — including drilling, evaluation, completion and production technologies — as well as turbomachinery, compressors and related process equipment used in midstream and downstream operations. The company also supplies aftermarket services, field support and integrated solutions designed to improve asset performance and uptime across the energy value chain.

The firm’s roots trace back to the merger of Baker International and Hughes Tool Company, and more recently it combined with GE’s oil and gas business in 2017 to form Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE); subsequent changes in ownership restored Baker Hughes as an independent publicly traded company.

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