Halliburton公司推迟发布第一季度的财报，使得分析师对Halliburton收购竞争对手Baker Hughes的前景表示担忧。
Halliburton Houston基地的负责人在周五常规交易时段结束后发布的一份声明中表示：公司的财报从4月5号推迟到5月3号发布。Halliburton解释推迟原因是公司要在本月底的最后期限内完成对Baker Hughes的收购。Halliburton和Baker Hughes均拒绝对延期对收购的影响发表看法。
Jefferies的一位分析师Brad Handler在周日写给投资者的报告中称：延期可能是单方或双方可能在4月30号截止日前终止合并的一个信号。公司在2014年11月宣布以250亿美元的价值收购Baker Hughes，以更好的同行业领袖Schlumberger公司竞争。美国司法部以合并会引起不公平竞争为由提起诉讼并停止两公司的合并。
KeyBanc Capital Markets的一位分析师Robin Shoemaker在周日写给投资者的报告中称：延迟发布第一季度财报意味着收购的取消。
来自/Worldoil 4月26日消息 编译/吴海君
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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