Halliburton Company is scored 45 for moat and 77 for management. The management score rests on a return on invested capital of 8.4% and a gross margin of 15.7% — figures that describe a business earning a respectable return on what it employs. Debt sits at 0.78x equity. A moderate moat alongside strong management is a combination worth understanding before the price matters at all.
Three independent anchors set the price worth paying. Growth is modelled at 9.0% a year, the rate measured from the filings. The exit multiple assumed is 17.9x. That produces an intrinsic value of $19.97, a 10-CAP price of $24.25 and a payback time price of $29.10, with the value zone set at the highest of the three, $29.10. Today's price of $31.88 sits 10% above it.
The price is above the value zone and the business scores 45 for moat and 77 for management. Neither test argues for paying up here.
| Price | $31.88 |
| Market cap | $26.6B |
| P/E ratio | 16.7x |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.7% |
| Debt to equity | 0.78x |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.1% |
| Growth rate used | 9.0% |
| Growth rate measured | 9.0% |
| Exit multiple assumed | 17.9x |
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Every number above is built on assumptions that can be changed. In Moatly you can move the growth rate, the exit multiple and the margin of safety and watch every figure recalculate, so you are testing your own view of Halliburton Company rather than accepting ours.