Noble (NE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer NE or VAL?

Noble presently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.48%. Valaris has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.89%. Given Valaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Valaris is more favorable than Noble.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noble	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Valaris	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, NE or VAL?

Noble has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NE or VAL?

Valaris has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Noble. Valaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noble, 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	$2.59B	2.60	$481.90M	$3.31	14.23
Valaris	$1.78B	2.73	$865.40M	$11.69	5.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NE or VAL?

Noble and Valaris both received 10 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 33.33% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave Noble an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noble	Outperform Votes 10 29.41%	Underperform Votes 24 70.59%
Valaris	Outperform Votes 10 33.33%	Underperform Votes 20 66.67%

Is NE or VAL more profitable?

Valaris has a net margin of 48.50% compared to Noble's net margin of 18.61%. Noble's return on equity of 7.03% beat Valaris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noble	18.61%	7.03%	5.07%
Valaris	48.50%	5.71%	2.40%

Does the media prefer NE or VAL?

In the previous week, Noble had 2 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Noble and 2 mentions for Valaris. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Noble's score of 0.00 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Noble	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Valaris	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

68.1% of Noble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Noble shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Valaris beats Noble on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.