Transocean (RIG) Competitors

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

Is VAL or RIG more profitable?

Valaris has a net margin of 7.04% compared to Valaris' net margin of -37.68%. Transocean's return on equity of 10.00% beat Valaris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valaris	7.04%	10.00%	4.38%
Transocean	-37.68%	-7.32%	-3.84%

Which has more volatility and risk, VAL or RIG?

Valaris has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VAL or RIG?

Transocean received 908 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.88% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 15.00% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valaris	Outperform Votes 3 15.00%	Underperform Votes 17 85.00%
Transocean	Outperform Votes 911 51.88%	Underperform Votes 845 48.12%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VAL or RIG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valaris	$1.60B	3.42	$176.50M	$1.58	46.93
Transocean	$2.58B	2.42	-$621M	-$1.38	-5.89

Does the media refer more to VAL or RIG?

In the previous week, Transocean had 2 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Transocean and 3 mentions for Valaris. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Valaris' score of 0.56 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VAL or RIG?

89.6% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VAL or RIG?

Valaris presently has a consensus target price of $95.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $8.38, suggesting a potential upside of 3.01%. Given Transocean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Valaris is more favorable than Transocean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valaris	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

Valaris beats Transocean on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.