Free Trial

Valaris (VAL) Competitors

Valaris logo
$36.09 -0.29 (-0.80%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$36.10 +0.01 (+0.04%)
As of 05/22/2025 06:30 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

VAL vs. PR, OVV, VNOM, SUN, HESM, APA, CHRD, VIST, MGY, and VVV

Should you be buying Valaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valaris include Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Valvoline (VVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Valaris vs.

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

Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Valaris pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 37.0% 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. Permian Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Permian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valaris$2.46B1.04$865.40M$4.268.47
Permian Resources$5.13B2.01$476.31M$1.627.94

Valaris presently has a consensus target price of $49.17, suggesting a potential upside of 36.23%. Permian Resources has a consensus target price of $18.63, suggesting a potential upside of 44.83%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Valaris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valaris
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Permian Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 22 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Permian Resources and 6 mentions for Valaris. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.95 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valaris
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Permian Resources
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Valaris has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Permian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Permian Resources received 60 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.24% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValarisOutperform Votes
18
31.03%
Underperform Votes
40
68.97%
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
78
67.24%
Underperform Votes
38
32.76%

Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Valaris' net margin of 15.81%. Valaris' return on equity of 17.40% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valaris15.81% 17.40% 8.52%
Permian Resources 21.20%11.15%6.93%

Summary

Permian Resources beats Valaris on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Valaris News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

VAL vs. The Competition

MetricValarisDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.56B$736.16M$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A6.41%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio7.024.9153.7634.53
Price / Sales1.042.6924,457.0434.83
Price / Cash6.403.2835.5017.51
Price / Book1.140.553.544.69
Net Income$865.40M-$266.07M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.65%-5.44%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance15.40%0.19%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance-52.01%-21.50%177.99%4.15%

Valaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VAL
Valaris
3.5891 of 5 stars
$36.09
-0.8%
$49.17
+36.2%
-52.0%$2.56B$2.46B7.025,450Gap Up
PR
Permian Resources
4.808 of 5 stars
$13.63
+4.7%
$18.53
+36.0%
-18.0%$10.95B$5.13B8.26220
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6914 of 5 stars
$38.11
+5.4%
$55.76
+46.3%
-26.8%$9.92B$9.18B5.051,740Positive News
Analyst Revision
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.077 of 5 stars
$42.19
+4.0%
$56.31
+33.5%
+6.6%$8.99B$899.75M18.11711Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SUN
Sunoco
2.9645 of 5 stars
$55.71
+0.7%
$64.33
+15.5%
+7.2%$8.50B$22.37B8.442,300
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.3004 of 5 stars
$38.24
+3.3%
$42.80
+11.9%
+7.4%$8.34B$1.49B15.36200
APA
APA
3.5444 of 5 stars
$17.71
+5.9%
$25.79
+45.6%
-44.4%$6.41B$9.74B2.502,270Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5464 of 5 stars
$97.63
+4.9%
$156.08
+59.9%
-49.3%$5.81B$5.38B5.03530News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6817 of 5 stars
$50.00
+5.8%
$67.08
+34.2%
+7.1%$4.76B$1.77B9.69410Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8307 of 5 stars
$23.00
+4.6%
$27.21
+18.3%
-12.7%$4.47B$1.35B11.92210Analyst Revision
VVV
Valvoline
3.8525 of 5 stars
$34.97
+6.0%
$42.33
+21.1%
-16.7%$4.44B$1.66B16.738,900Gap Up
High Trading Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:VAL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners