Halliburton公司推遲發布第一季度的財報，使得分析師對Halliburton收購競爭對手Baker Hughes的前景表示擔憂。
Halliburton Houston基地的負責人在周五常規交易時段結束后發布的一份聲明中表示：公司的財報從4月5號推遲到5月3號發布。Halliburton解釋推遲原因是公司要在本月底的最后期限內完成對Baker Hughes的收購。Halliburton和Baker Hughes均拒絕對延期對收購的影響發表看法。
Jefferies的一位分析師Brad Handler在周日寫給投資者的報告中稱：延期可能是單方或雙方可能在4月30號截止日前終止合并的一個信號。公司在2014年11月宣布以250億美元的價值收購Baker Hughes，以更好的同行業領袖Schlumberger公司競爭。美國司法部以合并會引起不公平競爭為由提起訴訟并停止兩公司的合并。
KeyBanc Capital Markets的一位分析師Robin Shoemaker在周日寫給投資者的報告中稱：延遲發布第一季度財報意味著收購的取消。
來自/Worldoil ?4月26日消息 編譯/吳海君
HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — A delay in releasing Halliburton Co.’s first-quarter earnings has raised analysts’ doubts over the prospects for a takeover of rival Baker Hughes Inc.
The release of a full earnings report is postponed to May 3 from April 25, Houston-based Halliburton said in statement released after the close of regular trading Friday. Halliburton cited the upcoming deadline to complete the Baker Hughes deal by the end of this month for the delay. Representatives for Halliburton and Baker Hughes each declined to comment on what the delay could mean for the deal.
The postponement is a signal that one or both of the companies may terminate the merger once it expires April 30, Brad Handler, an analyst at Jefferies, wrote Sunday in a note to investors.
The company announced the Baker Hughes takeover in November 2014 in a deal now worth about $25 billion in a bid to better compete against industry leader Schlumberger Ltd. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to stop the merger on concern it will harm competition.
The unexpected delay in the first quarter earnings release suggests the deal may be called off, Robin Shoemaker, an analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, wrote Sunday in a note.
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