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Halliburton (HAL) Earnings Date & Expected Move (July 21, 2026)

Halliburton (HAL) reports Q2 2026 earnings on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open. The options market is pricing a move of about ±6.3% — here’s the move history and what it means for options.

EarningsWatcher Research 7 min read Data as of July 2026 · Education, not advice
Earnings date HAL’s earnings date is July 21, 2026 (before market open). Live implied move: ±6.3%. See the weekly earnings calendar.

Halliburton (HAL) is a core oilfield-services earnings name with typically modest headline moves and a near coin-flip beat rate. Below is its earnings behaviour based on the last 16 reports (roughly the past 10 years), as of July 14, 2026.

HAL earnings at a glance

±3.8%
Avg move (10yr)
peak, day of release
±4.0%
Avg move (2yr)
regime: stable
±8.0%
95th-pct tail
energy shocks possible

HAL’s decade-long average earnings move is about ±3.8%, with the last two years near ±4.0%. The 95th-percentile tail is about ±8.0%; January 2026 peaked near +5.4% against a much lower implied move.

Does HAL beat its implied move?

The implied move is what the options market prices in before the report. HAL’s actual move has topped the implied move in about 50% of recent reports (8 of 16).

~50%
Beat rate
actual > implied (8 of 16)
Rich vs
history
Near-term pricing
live ~6.3% vs ~3.8% avg
What this implies The live implied move near ±6.3% ahead of July 21, 2026 prices well above HAL’s ±3.8% decade average — options are already embedding a larger move than history suggests is typical.

How HAL’s moves are distributed

0% 5% 10% 10-yr avg ±3.8% ±1.4% 5th ±2.2% 20th ±3.2% median ±5.4% 80th ±8.0% 95th
The spread of HAL’s earnings-day moves by percentile. Half of reports land within roughly ±3.2%; the 95th-percentile worst case is about ±8.0%.

The distribution is tight with occasional spikes: most HAL earnings moves stay under ±5.4%, but oil-price shocks can push peaks toward ±8.0%.

Recent HAL earnings

January 2026 peaked near +5.4% vs ~±4.4% implied. April 2026 landed near +5.5% vs ~±5.5% implied — inside the band. Energy services can look sleepy on averages and still clear a wide implied move.

See the full history The complete report-by-report record — every past implied vs actual move, open/peak/close behaviour and post-earnings drift, plus the live implied move as the next date approaches — lives in the EarningsWatcher app.

IV rush and IV crush on HAL

Implied volatility builds into the report (the IV rush) and collapses afterward (the IV crush). Compare the live implied to the ±3.8% history each quarter.

What HAL’s earnings data means for options

These figures are a reference point, not a signal. Compare the live implied move in the EarningsWatcher app — HAL has an earnings simulator.

On the “next” implied move Halliburton is scheduled to report July 21, 2026 (before market open). As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near ±6.3%.

Frequently asked questions

When is Halliburton (HAL) earnings date in July 2026?

Halliburton is scheduled to report Q2 2026 results on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open (BMO).

What is HAL's implied move for earnings July 21, 2026?

As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near plus or minus 6.3% — above the plus or minus 3.8% decade average.

How much does HAL move on earnings?

Over its last 16 earnings reports (as of July 2026), HAL's average earnings-day peak move was about plus or minus 3.8%, with a median near plus or minus 3.2%. The 95th-percentile move is about plus or minus 8.0%.

Does HAL usually beat its implied move?

About half the time. HAL's actual move has topped its options-implied move in about 50% of recent reports (roughly 8 of 16).

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