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SDRL vs. VIST, VVV, MGY, VRN, CRC, BSM, CIVI, NOG, VAL, and SSL

Should you be buying Seadrill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seadrill include Vista Energy (VIST), Valvoline (VVV), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Veren (VRN), California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Valaris (VAL), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Seadrill vs.

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Vista Energy currently has a consensus price target of $67.08, indicating a potential upside of 52.56%. Seadrill has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 175.19%. Given Seadrill's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Seadrill
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Seadrill's net margin of 27.79%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Seadrill's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vista Energy34.78% 30.06% 13.60%
Seadrill 27.79%7.24%5.12%

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Seadrill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Seadrill shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vista Energy$1.77B2.37$396.95M$4.789.20
Seadrill$1.39B1.01$300M$6.333.56

In the previous week, Seadrill had 5 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Seadrill and 7 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Seadrill's score of 1.15 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vista Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Seadrill
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vista Energy has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seadrill has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Seadrill received 499 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote while only 46.94% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vista EnergyOutperform Votes
23
46.94%
Underperform Votes
26
53.06%
SeadrillOutperform Votes
522
60.63%
Underperform Votes
339
39.37%

Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Seadrill pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seadrill pays out 63.2% 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

Vista Energy and Seadrill tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SDRL vs. The Competition

MetricSeadrillDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.40B$819.26M$7.11B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A6.18%10.97%4.00%
P/E Ratio3.934.6448.4133.45
Price / Sales1.012.7023,606.5729.18
Price / Cash5.033.2835.5017.52
Price / Book0.560.543.574.55
Net Income$300M-$266.07M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance9.45%-1.16%1.94%2.25%
1 Month Performance1.10%24.55%0.55%2.90%
1 Year Performance-54.93%-21.51%164.87%4.62%

Seadrill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDRL
Seadrill
4.2841 of 5 stars
$22.53
+0.6%
$62.00
+175.2%
-53.9%$1.40B$1.39B3.933,220News Coverage
Positive News
VIST
Vista Energy
4.5545 of 5 stars
$47.17
-1.8%
$67.08
+42.2%
+3.5%$4.49B$1.77B9.14410Short Interest ↑
Positive News
VVV
Valvoline
4.3832 of 5 stars
$34.31
-1.0%
$43.50
+26.8%
-20.1%$4.36B$1.66B16.428,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
4.4379 of 5 stars
$21.69
+2.2%
$27.21
+25.5%
-14.4%$4.21B$1.32B11.24210Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
VRN
Veren
3.9873 of 5 stars
$6.20
+1.1%
$12.67
+104.3%
N/A$3.79B$4.41B4.43777Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CRC
California Resources
4.5816 of 5 stars
$35.71
+0.3%
$62.64
+75.4%
-29.8%$3.24B$2.93B5.621,060Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
1.2162 of 5 stars
$14.62
+1.0%
$15.00
+2.6%
-10.2%$3.09B$439.43M9.02110Upcoming Earnings
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.3752 of 5 stars
$29.49
+0.0%
$62.57
+112.2%
-59.1%$2.73B$5.20B2.92350Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.1773 of 5 stars
$24.81
+2.7%
$43.50
+75.3%
-36.4%$2.45B$2.16B4.8330Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
VAL
Valaris
3.1773 of 5 stars
$32.61
-1.1%
$50.33
+54.3%
-44.8%$2.32B$2.36B6.345,450Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
SSL
Sasol
3.4337 of 5 stars
$3.54
-0.6%
N/A-47.3%$2.30B$262.30B1.5628,600Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:SDRL) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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