---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000045012-26-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAL"
cik: "0000045012"
company_name: "HALLIBURTON CO"
filed_at: "2026-10-20T10:50:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T10:55:06.904100+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Halliburton Q3 2026: adjusted EPS $0.60, revenue $5.7B flat q/q; guides 2027 operating margin ~15%

## Summary
- Net income $417M ($0.50 per diluted share); adjusted net income $501M ($0.60), up from Q2's $0.55 adjusted and $0.64 GAAP; adjusted EBITDA $1.0B vs $948M in Q2.
- Revenue $5.7B, flat sequentially; operating income $624M (10.9% margin), adjusted operating income $731M (12.8%) after $107M pre-tax impairments and other charges.
- Drilling & Evaluation revenue $2.6B (+4% q/q), operating income $391M (+16%); Completion & Production revenue $3.1B (-4%) on lower Western Hemisphere stimulation activity.
- Middle East/Asia revenue $1.4B (+8% q/q) on Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; North America $2.2B (-5%) on weaker U.S. Land pressure pumping; international $3.5B (+3%).
- 2027 outlook: mid-single-digit revenue growth and ~15% operating margin (~200bp gain), assuming flat North America with no frac recovery; $250M buybacks, $0.17 dividend, FCF $156M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000045012-26-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAL
- cik: 0000045012
- company_name: HALLIBURTON CO
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T10:50:56+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501226000070/0000045012-26-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501226000070/hal-20261020.htm

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