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Halliburton Co.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 21 January 2026: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 net income $589 million: Net income was $589 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, against $18 million, or $0.02, in the third quarter. Adjusted net income was $576 million, or $0.69 per diluted share. Source
  • Adjusted operating margin 15%: Operating income was $746 million, a 13% operating margin. Excluding impairments and other charges of $83 million, adjusted operating income was $829 million, a 15% adjusted operating margin. Source
  • Completion and Production operating income up: Completion and Production revenue was $3.3 billion, flat sequentially. Operating income rose $56 million, or 11%, to $570 million. Source
  • North America revenue down 7%: North America revenue fell 7% sequentially to $2.2 billion. Partial offsets came from cementing and completion tool sales in US Land and the Gulf of America. Source
  • Q4 charges $83 million: Impairments and other charges were $83 million in Q4, against $392 million in Q3. Components were a $50 million equity in earnings loss, a $24 million impairment of assets held for sale and $23 million of severance costs. Source
  • Share repurchases and dividends: The company repurchased $250 million of its common stock in Q4 and paid dividends of $0.17 per share. Full-year repurchases were $1 billion. Source
  • International value proposition described as winning: Management said its collaborative value proposition is winning, its technology is delivering and its growth engines are aligned with the evolution of the market. Source

“I am pleased with Halliburton’s fourth quarter performance and the way we closed out 2025.”

Jeff Miller, Chairman, President and CEO

What changed from last quarter

  • New: Signed an agreement with VoltaGrid for a strategic collaboration on distributed power for data centers. Source
  • New: Signed a framework agreement with Shell for umbilical-less tubing hanger installation and retrieval services using ROCS technology. Source
  • New: Launched the StreamStar wired drill pipe interface system, which minimizes use of downhole generators and lithium batteries. Source
  • New: Awarded an Integrated Drilling Services contract offshore Nigeria by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, in collaboration with Sunlink Energies. Source

Quarter results and growth drivers

  • Q4 net income $589 million: Net income was $589 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, against $18 million, or $0.02, in the third quarter. Adjusted net income was $576 million, or $0.69 per diluted share. Source
  • Revenue reached $5.7 billion: Total revenue was $5.7 billion against $5.6 billion in the third quarter. Completion and Production was flat at $3.3 billion and Drilling and Evaluation was flat at $2.4 billion. Source
  • Adjusted operating margin 15%: Operating income was $746 million, a 13% operating margin. Excluding impairments and other charges of $83 million, adjusted operating income was $829 million, a 15% adjusted operating margin. Source

Full-year 2025 results

  • Full-year revenue and operating income lower: Full-year 2025 revenue was $22.2 billion against $22.9 billion in 2024. Operating income was $2.3 billion against $3.8 billion; adjusted operating income was $3.1 billion against $3.9 billion. Source
  • Full-year diluted EPS $1.50: Net income per diluted share for 2025 was $1.50, against $2.83 in 2024. Adjusted net income per diluted share was $2.42, against $2.99 in 2024. Source
  • Full-year operating cash flow $2.9 billion: Cash flow from operations was $2.9 billion for 2025, against $3.9 billion in 2024. Free cash flow for the year was $1.9 billion, against $2.6 billion. Source

“I expect North America is the first to respond when macro fundamentals improve.”

Jeff Miller, Chairman, President and CEO

Segments and regions

  • Completion and Production operating income up: Completion and Production revenue was $3.3 billion, flat sequentially. Operating income rose $56 million, or 11%, to $570 million. Source
  • Drilling and Evaluation operating income up 5%: Drilling and Evaluation revenue was $2.4 billion, flat sequentially. Operating income rose $19 million, or 5%, to $367 million, on activity mix from Eastern Hemisphere wireline work. Source
  • North America revenue down 7%: North America revenue fell 7% sequentially to $2.2 billion. Partial offsets came from cementing and completion tool sales in US Land and the Gulf of America. Source
  • International revenue up 7%: International revenue was $3.5 billion, up 7% on the third quarter. Latin America, Europe/Africa/CIS and Middle East/Asia each rose sequentially. Source

Products, technology and customers

  • LOGIX unit vitality released: LOGIX unit vitality monitors cementing equipment in real time and prepares for upcoming jobs. It connects cement unit components to intelligent controllers. Source
  • Year-end completion tool sales lifted revenue: Higher year-end completion tool sales globally, plus cementing in the Western Hemisphere and Africa, lifted Completion and Production. Lower Western Hemisphere stimulation partly offset this. Source
  • Year-end software sales supported Drilling and Evaluation: Year-end software sales in Latin America and Middle/East Asia helped Drilling and Evaluation revenue. Lower fluid services in North America and drilling services in Middle East/Asia offset part of the gain. Source

Costs, charges and tax

  • Q4 charges $83 million: Impairments and other charges were $83 million in Q4, against $392 million in Q3. Components were a $50 million equity in earnings loss, a $24 million impairment of assets held for sale and $23 million of severance costs. Source
  • Full-year charges mainly environmental: Impairments and other charges for 2025 totalled $831 million, including $299 million of severance costs. The filing ties the charges primarily to legacy environmental remediation cost estimate increases. Source
  • Tax benefit from royalty prepayment: The Q4 tax provision included an $86 million discrete benefit from the FDII deduction tied to a royalty prepayment. Q3 carried a $125 million valuation allowance on US foreign tax credits. Source

Demand and activity by market

  • North America expected to recover first: Management said North America is expected to be the first region to respond when macro fundamentals improve, while the company continues its Maximize Value strategy there. Source
  • Latin America rose on completion tools: Latin America revenue rose 7% to $1.1 billion. Lower activity across several Mexico product lines and lower Argentina stimulation partly offset the gain. Source
  • Europe/Africa/CIS up 12%: Europe/Africa/CIS revenue rose 12% to $928 million, on North Sea completion tools, African well construction and wireline, and Angola stimulation. Source
  • Middle East/Asia up 3%: Middle East/Asia revenue rose 3% to $1.5 billion on Saudi well intervention and stimulation work and Indonesian well construction. Saudi drilling and completion tools declined, as did Qatar and Australia stimulation. Source

Capital, cash and shareholder returns

  • Share repurchases and dividends: The company repurchased $250 million of its common stock in Q4 and paid dividends of $0.17 per share. Full-year repurchases were $1 billion. Source
  • Senior notes retired: The company retired $382 million of its 3.8% senior notes due November 2025 during the quarter. Source
  • Capital spending lower for year: Capital expenditures were $337 million in Q4, and $1.25 billion for full-year 2025 against $1.44 billion in 2024. Source
  • Cash and equivalents lower: Cash and equivalents ended the year at $2.2 billion, against $2.6 billion at December 31, 2024. Long-term debt was $7.2 billion. Source

Strategy and international

  • International value proposition described as winning: Management said its collaborative value proposition is winning, its technology is delivering and its growth engines are aligned with the evolution of the market. Source
  • Maximize Value continues in North America: Management said the company will continue its Maximize Value strategy in North America. Source
  • CEO confident in business and returns: The CEO said he is confident in the business and in the company's ability to deliver leading returns. Source

Coming up, as management said on 21 January 2026

  • 400 MW power systems for 2028: Manufacturing is secured for 400 megawatts of modular natural gas power systems for 2028 delivery, with an initial roll-out targeted for the Middle East. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Capital expenditures Source$337 million in Q4; $1,254 million for full year 2025
Shareholder returns Source85% of free cash flow returned; $1 billion of share repurchases in 2025

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: North America revenue fell on lower stimulation in US Land and Canada, lower fluid services in the Gulf of America, and lower well intervention in US Land. Source
  • Demand: Middle East activity fell in Saudi Arabia drilling and in Qatar and Australia stimulation, partly offsetting gains elsewhere in the region. Source
  • Operational: Latin America had lower activity across several Mexico product lines and lower stimulation in Argentina. Source
  • Regulatory: Full-year charges were primarily tied to increases in legacy environmental remediation cost estimates. Source
  • Financial: Q4 included an equity in earnings loss, an impairment of assets held for sale and severance costs, totalling $83 million. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management said the company will continue its Maximize Value strategy in North America. Source
  • Ahead: Management said the quarter outperformed its expectations. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.