ECOPETROL S.A. vs HALLIBURTON COMPANY. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EC and HAL diverge most: on revenue growth, EC reads +34.9% and HAL reads -1.7%; on debt / equity, EC reads 0.00 and HAL reads 0.66. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What HAL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EC | HAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.60 | $34.38 |
| Market cap | $641.4B | $28.8B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.7% |
| P/B | — | 2.66 |
| P/S | — | 1.30 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | +34.9% | -1.7% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 28.9% | 12.6% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.5% | 14.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.9% | 11.4% |
| FCF yield | — | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.66 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 2.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.01 | 3.32 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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