BORR vs. PR, RIG, VAL, LBRT, BKV, SDRL, MNR, PARR, TALO, and KRP
Should you be buying Borr Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Borr Drilling include Permian Resources (PR), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Seadrill (SDRL), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), Par Pacific (PARR), Talos Energy (TALO), and Kimbell Royalty (KRP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Borr Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Permian Resources currently has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.29%. Borr Drilling has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 336.89%. Given Borr Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Permian Resources.
Permian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Borr Drilling. Permian Resources 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, Permian Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Permian Resources and 3 mentions for Borr Drilling. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Borr Drilling's score of 0.08 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Borr Drilling pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Permian Resources pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Borr Drilling pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Permian Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Permian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Permian Resources has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Permian Resources has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of 5.11%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.96% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Borr Drilling on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BORR) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff