Seaport Res Ptn Predicts Increased Earnings for Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Baker Hughes in a report issued on Monday, March 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.78 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.77. The consensus estimate for Baker Hughes’ current full-year earnings is $2.59 per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on BKR. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $57.00 price objective on shares of Baker Hughes in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of Baker Hughes from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Baker Hughes from $46.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Baker Hughes from $48.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Baker Hughes from $42.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $51.06.

Baker Hughes Trading Up 2.1 %

BKR opened at $44.60 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $44.16 billion, a PE ratio of 14.97, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.30. Baker Hughes has a 1-year low of $30.93 and a 1-year high of $49.40. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $44.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.23.

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.07. Baker Hughes had a net margin of 10.70% and a return on equity of 14.58%.

Baker Hughes Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th were issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.06%. This is a boost from Baker Hughes’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Baker Hughes’s payout ratio is currently 30.87%.

Insider Activity at Baker Hughes

In related news, EVP Maria C. Borras sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.77, for a total transaction of $358,160.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 173,302 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,758,730.54. The trade was a 4.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Baker Hughes by 135.9% during the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 386 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Baker Hughes in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 41.2% in the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 740 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 2,181.6% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 867 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 829 shares during the period. Finally, Groupama Asset Managment boosted its holdings in shares of Baker Hughes by 1,045.1% in the third quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 889,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 811,711 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.06% of the company’s stock.

Baker Hughes Company Profile

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.