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SDRL vs. BTE, MTDR, MUR, NBR, NE, OII, PDS, RIG, VAL, and EPM

Should you be buying Seadrill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seadrill include Baytex Energy (BTE), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble (NE), Oceaneering International (OII), Precision Drilling (PDS), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), and Evolution Petroleum (EPM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Seadrill vs. Its Competitors

Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) and Baytex Energy (NYSE:BTE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Seadrill had 2 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Seadrill and 0 mentions for Baytex Energy. Seadrill's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Seadrill is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Seadrill Positive
Baytex Energy Neutral

95.7% of Seadrill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Seadrill shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Seadrill has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Seadrill currently has a consensus price target of $45.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.71%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 119.56%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Seadrill.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Seadrill
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Baytex Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Seadrill$1.39B1.44$446M$1.1228.71
Baytex Energy$3.07B0.63$172.67M-$0.30-8.35

Baytex Energy has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Seadrill's net margin of 5.68%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 6.08% beat Seadrill's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Seadrill5.68% 1.58% 1.12%
Baytex Energy 9.34%6.08%3.25%

Summary

Seadrill beats Baytex Energy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SDRL vs. The Competition

MetricSeadrillOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.97B$2.36B$8.08B$21.63B
Dividend YieldN/A4.56%10.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio28.718.7740.1029.43
Price / Sales1.441.121,325.0982.46
Price / Cash6.154.1036.5424.47
Price / Book0.811.004.154.56
Net Income$446M$36.93M$4.28B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-3.04%-0.30%2.00%-0.51%
1 Month Performance2.32%5.42%5.12%2.89%
1 Year Performance-19.99%-6.41%17.44%14.77%

Seadrill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDRL
Seadrill
3.7287 of 5 stars
$32.16
+1.4%
$45.25
+40.7%
-22.3%$1.97B$1.39B28.713,300
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.6576 of 5 stars
$2.42
-10.6%
$5.50
+127.7%
-20.9%$1.84B$3.07B7.32231
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3261 of 5 stars
$45.90
+1.0%
$67.27
+46.6%
-8.8%$5.66B$3.50B6.72290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.3378 of 5 stars
$27.14
+2.3%
$29.54
+8.8%
-18.6%$3.79B$3.03B14.06690
NBR
Nabors Industries
1.955 of 5 stars
$38.98
+3.6%
$44.00
+12.9%
-42.7%$592.02M$2.97B-2.7712,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NE
Noble
3.2758 of 5 stars
$28.06
-17.4%
$31.50
+12.3%
-20.2%$4.49B$3.06B14.545,000
OII
Oceaneering International
2.7166 of 5 stars
$24.46
+0.4%
$27.00
+10.4%
-3.4%$2.44B$2.66B12.3510,400Positive News
PDS
Precision Drilling
4.3167 of 5 stars
$57.75
+1.3%
$87.00
+50.7%
-10.9%$751.43M$1.39B12.165,504
RIG
Transocean
3.4244 of 5 stars
$3.41
+2.6%
$4.26
+25.0%
-20.5%$3.13B$3.52B-1.835,800News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Up
VAL
Valaris
2.0238 of 5 stars
$50.17
-0.3%
$48.19
-3.9%
-10.9%$3.58B$2.36B13.065,642
EPM
Evolution Petroleum
2.0924 of 5 stars
$4.88
-7.9%
N/AN/A$182.10M$85.84M162.678Positive News
Ex-Dividend

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This page (NYSE:SDRL) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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