Baker Hughes Co [NASDAQ: BKR] surged by $1.02 during the normal trading session on Tuesday and reaching a high of $40.52 during the day while it closed the day at $40.11.
Baker Hughes Co stock has also gained 4.62% of its value over the past 7 days. However, BKR stock has inclined by 13.27% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -3.49% and gained 16.36% year-on date.
The market cap for BKR stock reached $39.74 billion, with 990.36 million shares outstanding and 988.53 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.88M shares, BKR reached a trading volume of 6471385 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Baker Hughes Co [BKR]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BKR shares is $46.87 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BKR stock is a recommendation set at 1.50. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for Baker Hughes Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 24, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Piper Sandler raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on December 19, 2024, representing the official price target for Baker Hughes Co stock. On September 25, 2024, analysts increased their price target for BKR shares from 40 to 42.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.33, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.49. Price to Free Cash Flow for BKR in the course of the last twelve months was 19.75 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.93.
BKR stock trade performance evaluation
Baker Hughes Co [BKR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.62. With this latest performance, BKR shares gained by 7.97% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -3.49% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -2.22% in the past year of trading.
Baker Hughes Co [BKR]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Baker Hughes Co [BKR] shares currently have an operating margin of 12.48% and a Gross Margin at 21.69%. Baker Hughes Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 10.51%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 7.78%, with Return on Assets sitting at 7.78%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Baker Hughes Co [BKR] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BKR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Baker Hughes Co go to 8.18%.
Baker Hughes Co [BKR]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $100.94%, or 101.09% of BKR stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BKR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 121.45 million shares, which is approximately 12.1941%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 99.86 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.51 billion in BKR stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.38 billion in BKR stock with ownership which is approximately 6.7848%.
