Halliburton WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The WACC of Halliburton Co (HAL) is 8.6%.
| Range | Selected | |
| Cost of equity | 9.2% - 12.0% | 10.6% |
| Tax rate | 19.4% - 21.4% | 20.4% |
| Cost of debt | 4.8% - 5.5% | 5.15% |
| WACC | 7.6% - 9.7% | 8.6% |
| Category | Low | High |
| Long-term bond rate | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| Equity market risk premium | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| Adjusted beta | 1.15 | 1.27 |
| Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Cost of equity | 9.2% | 12.0% |
| Tax rate | 19.4% | 21.4% |
| Debt/Equity ratio | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Cost of debt | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| After-tax WACC | 7.6% | 9.7% |
| Selected WACC | 8.6% | |
| Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
| Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
| HAL | Halliburton Co | 0.44 | 1.06 | 0.79 |
| AROC | Archrock Inc | 0.5 | 1.37 | 0.99 |
| BKR | Baker Hughes Co | 0.16 | 0.94 | 0.83 |
| LBRT | Liberty Oilfield Services Inc | 0.25 | 1.36 | 1.14 |
| NEX | Nextier Oilfield Solutions Inc | 0.17 | 1.35 | 1.18 |
| PUMP | ProPetro Holding Corp | 0.12 | 1.55 | 1.41 |
| SCL.TO | Shawcor Ltd | 0.21 | 1.12 | 0.96 |
| SES.TO | Secure Energy Services Inc | 0.13 | 1.4 | 1.27 |
| SLB | Schlumberger NV | 0.26 | 0.93 | 0.77 |
| SLCA | U.S. Silica Holdings Inc | 0.69 | 0.47 | 0.31 |
| Low | High | |
| Unlevered beta | 0.91 | 1.05 |
| Relevered beta | 1.22 | 1.4 |
| Adjusted relevered beta | 1.15 | 1.27 |
Halliburton's CAPM model and how its cost of Equity is calculated
The Cost of Equity reflects the return a company needs to deliver to shareholders to justify the risk of investing in its shares. It’s computed using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which blends the risk-free rate, the stock’s beta, and the market risk premium.
This method evaluates the stock’s risk compared to a safe investment and the market’s overall volatility.
Here’s how we figure out the cost of equity for Halliburton:
cost_of_equity (10.60%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (1.15) + risk_adjustments (0.25%)
We include the risk adjustments, which range from 0% to 1%, to keep our WACC conservatives, especially for companies traded in developing markets.