RIG vs. VAL, PTEN, HP, HPK, TDW, CWEN, SSL, MGY, NOG, and CPG
Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Valaris (VAL), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Tidewater (TDW), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Sasol (SSL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Transocean had 5 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Transocean and 2 mentions for Valaris. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Valaris' score of 0.42 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valaris has a net margin of 48.50% compared to Valaris' net margin of -33.69%. Transocean's return on equity of 5.71% beat Valaris' return on equity.
Valaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valaris has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.78, meaning that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Transocean received 903 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.67% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.
Valaris presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.58%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $8.22, suggesting a potential upside of 43.00%. Given Transocean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valaris is more favorable than Transocean.
Summary
Valaris beats Transocean on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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