BORR vs. RIG, SDRL, VAL, NOG, CRGY, LBRT, BKV, SOC, PARR, and TALO
Should you be buying Borr Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Borr Drilling include Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), Valaris (VAL), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Sable Offshore (SOC), Par Pacific (PARR), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Borr Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Borr Drilling has a net margin of 5.48% compared to Transocean's net margin of -39.64%. Borr Drilling's return on equity of 5.46% beat Transocean's return on equity.
Borr Drilling has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Borr Drilling currently has a consensus target price of $2.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.70%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $4.26, suggesting a potential upside of 26.47%. Given Transocean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transocean is more favorable than Borr Drilling.
83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Borr Drilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Borr Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Transocean had 18 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Transocean and 3 mentions for Borr Drilling. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Borr Drilling's score of 0.64 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Transocean beats Borr Drilling on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BORR) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
