Noble (NE) Competitors

Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and Noble (NYSE:NE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is VAL or NE more profitable?

Valaris has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Noble's net margin of 14.66%. Valaris' return on equity of 17.40% beat Noble's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valaris	15.81%	17.40%	8.52%
Noble	14.66%	8.15%	5.20%

Does the media favor VAL or NE?

In the previous week, Valaris had 2 more articles in the media than Noble. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Valaris and 0 mentions for Noble. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Noble's score of 0.00 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Valaris	Very Positive
Noble	Neutral

Is VAL or NE a better dividend stock?

Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Noble pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Valaris pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Noble pays out 66.9% 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.

Do analysts prefer VAL or NE?

Valaris currently has a consensus target price of $49.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.93%. Noble has a consensus target price of $35.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.50%. Given Noble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Noble is more favorable than Valaris.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valaris	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Noble	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VAL or NE?

Noble received 6 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.00% of users gave Noble an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valaris	Outperform Votes 18 31.03%	Underperform Votes 40 68.97%
Noble	Outperform Votes 24 40.00%	Underperform Votes 36 60.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VAL or NE?

Valaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noble. Noble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valaris	$2.46B	1.32	$865.40M	$4.26	10.69
Noble	$3.06B	1.52	$481.90M	$2.99	9.79

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VAL or NE?

96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Noble shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Noble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, VAL or NE?

Valaris has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noble has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valaris and Noble tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.