Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, energy services giant Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Halliburton's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Halliburton facts

Headquarters (founded) Houston (1919)
Market Cap $29.9 billion
Industry Oil and gas equipment and services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $26.4 billion
Management Chairman/CEO David Lesar
CFO Mark McCollum
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) 19.4%
Cash/Debt $2.8 billion / $4.8 billion
Dividend Yield 1.1%
Competitors Baker Hughes
National Oilwell Varco
Schlumberger

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95% of the 3,430 members who have rated Halliburton believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.  

Just last week, one of those bulls, All-Star buffalonate, touched on the gassy tailwinds working in Halliburton's favor:

Natural gas prices will normalize in the next couple of years which will help the drilling rig count in a big way. Trucking companies switching to [natural gas] and Cheniere Energy completing their [natural gas] exporting facility will bring [natural gas] prices up big in the next couple of years.

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