Noble (NE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NE or VAL?

Valaris has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Noble	$3.06B	1.25	$481.90M	$2.99	8.00
Valaris	$2.46B	1.08	$865.40M	$4.26	8.77

Which has more risk & volatility, NE or VAL?

Noble has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NE or VAL?

Noble presently has a consensus price target of $36.57, indicating a potential upside of 52.89%. Valaris has a consensus price target of $49.17, indicating a potential upside of 31.57%. Given Noble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Noble is more favorable than Valaris.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noble	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Valaris	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NE or VAL?

Noble received 5 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 38.98% of users gave Noble an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noble	Outperform Votes 23 38.98%	Underperform Votes 36 61.02%
Valaris	Outperform Votes 18 31.03%	Underperform Votes 40 68.97%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NE or VAL?

68.1% of Noble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Noble shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valaris shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer NE or VAL?

In the previous week, Valaris had 6 more articles in the media than Noble. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Valaris and 0 mentions for Noble. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Noble's score of 0.00 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Noble	Neutral
Valaris	Positive

Is NE or VAL 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
Noble	14.66%	8.15%	5.20%
Valaris	15.81%	17.40%	8.52%

Is NE or VAL a better dividend stock?

Noble pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Noble pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valaris pays out 34.7% 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.

Summary

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