COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
HAL vs NESR
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HAL scored 53.2, NESR scored 55.3 — NESR leads.
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HAL
Halliburton Company
53.2
$35.34 · $29.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.1
NESR leads
NESR
National Energy Services Reunited Corp. Ordinary Shares
55.3
$33.03 · $3.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestHAL18.5x
- Fastest growthNESR+23.5%
- Strongest balance sheetNESR0.29
- Highest qualityHAL66 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueHAL-40%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HAL
stronger →← stronger
NESR
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
56
47
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
48
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
NESR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HAL
NESR
$1.7bC+
FCF
$156mC
+0.6%C
Rev
+23.5%A-
0.74C+
D/E
0.29A-
18.5xB
P/E
35.9xC
0.86B+
PEG
0.76A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HAL
NESR
40% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
~1%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~12%/yr
+28%
1-yr DCF upside
-16%
+67%
5-yr DCF upside
+10%
+148%
10-yr DCF upside
+65%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HAL
Why this score
- Buying back stock
NESR
Why this score
- Diluting shareholders
- Cyclical growth
- Short track record
The companies
HALHalliburton Company
Why now
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · market cap $29.4b. 19% off the 52-week high of $43.59. PEG 0.86 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $43.20 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 108% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
NESRNational Energy Services Reunited Corp. Ordinary Shares
Why now
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · market cap $3.3b. 11% off the 52-week high of $36.94. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.76 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $43.00 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 167% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Trailing P/E 36x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Hedge-book exposure — many commodity producers hedge forward production; if the hedge book is concentrated at prices well below spot, the upside the market expects is already locked away.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HAL and NESR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.1 points in favor of NESR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- ValueHAL 48.5 · NESR 60.0NESR +11.5
- QualityHAL 66.4 · NESR 56.5HAL +9.9
- GrowthHAL 46.8 · NESR 50.0NESR +3.2
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.