Teacher Retirement System of Texas Sells 20,627 Shares of Baker Hughes Company $BKR

Teacher Retirement System of Texas lowered its stake in shares of Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) by 13.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 129,796 shares of the company’s stock after selling 20,627 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in Baker Hughes were worth $6,324,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Baker Hughes by 8.2% in the second quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 648,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,850,000 after purchasing an additional 49,108 shares during the last quarter. Synergy Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Baker Hughes during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,920,000. Webster Bank N. A. bought a new stake in Baker Hughes during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $3,434,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its holdings in Baker Hughes by 23.9% in the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 458,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,334,000 after buying an additional 88,536 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Baker Hughes by 82.1% in the 3rd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 63,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,091,000 after buying an additional 28,606 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.06% of the company’s stock.

Baker Hughes Price Performance

Shares of Baker Hughes stock opened at $56.29 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $55.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.89. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $48.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.73. Baker Hughes Company has a twelve month low of $33.60 and a twelve month high of $56.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.41.

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, January 25th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $7.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.09 billion. Baker Hughes had a net margin of 10.43% and a return on equity of 14.22%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.70 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Baker Hughes Company will post 2.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Baker Hughes News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Baker Hughes this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 earnings beat — Baker Hughes reported $0.78 EPS vs. $0.67 consensus and revenue of $7.39B vs. $7.09B expected; the beat is a primary driver for the stock lift. Baker Hughes earnings beat by $0.11, revenue topped estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Record orders and RPO — company reported $7.9B of orders and record remaining performance obligation (RPO) of $35.9B (IET RPO $32.4B), supporting revenue visibility and growth in Industrial & Energy Technology. Baker Hughes Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: IET segment strength — Industrial & Energy Technology drove an 11% rise in adjusted profit, offsetting weakness in traditional oilfield services and underpinning margin/EBITDA resilience. Baker Hughes posts rise in adjusted quarterly profit as industrial unit shines
• Neutral Sentiment: International opportunity noted — management highlighted a “significant revenue opportunity” in Venezuela but emphasized employee safety and regulatory clarity as gating factors, so potential is meaningful but conditional. Baker Hughes sees significant revenue opportunity in Venezuela
• Neutral Sentiment: Full call & slides available — management commentary and the earnings-slide deck/earnings transcript provide color on backlog, segment trends and capital allocation for investors evaluating whether the beat is sustainable. Baker Hughes Company (BKR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Guidance shows revenue ranges slightly conservative — Q1 2026 revenue guidance of $6.1B–$6.7B (consensus ~$6.6B) and FY 2026 revenue $26.2B–$28.3B (consensus ~$27.4B). The company did not specify EPS targets in the guidance release, which may temper upside expectations. (Company guidance release)
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst view mixed — Zephirin Group raised its price target to $45 but kept a “hold” rating; the PT remains well below the current market price, indicating some analysts see limited near-term upside. Zephirin Group raises price target on Baker Hughes to $45 from $40, keeps hold rating

Analyst Ratings Changes

BKR has been the subject of several research reports. Citigroup increased their price objective on Baker Hughes from $55.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Baker Hughes from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th. Zephirin Group boosted their price objective on shares of Baker Hughes from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Baker Hughes in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Evercore ISI set a $54.00 target price on Baker Hughes in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $54.22.

About Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides a broad portfolio of products, services and digital solutions for the oil and gas and industrial markets. Its offerings span oilfield services and equipment — including drilling, evaluation, completion and production technologies — as well as turbomachinery, compressors and related process equipment used in midstream and downstream operations. The company also supplies aftermarket services, field support and integrated solutions designed to improve asset performance and uptime across the energy value chain.

The firm’s roots trace back to the merger of Baker International and Hughes Tool Company, and more recently it combined with GE’s oil and gas business in 2017 to form Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE); subsequent changes in ownership restored Baker Hughes as an independent publicly traded company.