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VAL vs. APA, CHRD, PTEN, HAL, NBR, NE, OII, RIG, SDRL, and TDW

Should you be buying Valaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valaris include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble (NE), Oceaneering International (OII), Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), and Tidewater (TDW). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Valaris vs. Its Competitors

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

Valaris presently has a consensus price target of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. APA has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.04%. Given APA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Valaris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valaris
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Valaris has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, APA had 7 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for APA and 10 mentions for Valaris. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Valaris' score of 0.70 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valaris
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Valaris has a net margin of 12.61% compared to APA's net margin of 9.75%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Valaris' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valaris12.61% 14.14% 7.06%
APA 9.75%23.22%7.63%

96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Valaris. APA 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$2.36B1.52$373.40M$4.2611.84
APA$9.74B0.71$804M$2.786.87

Summary

APA beats Valaris on 9 of the 15 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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VAL vs. The Competition

MetricValarisOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.60B$2.27B$7.81B$21.11B
Dividend YieldN/A4.81%10.93%3.60%
P/E Ratio11.846.1166.8928.44
Price / Sales1.521.0739,885.8058.65
Price / Cash7.285.5936.3422.92
Price / Book1.600.814.004.69
Net Income$373.40M$36.81M$4.26B$995.51M
7 Day Performance7.40%5.17%1.33%1.65%
1 Month Performance19.69%8.86%3.24%4.54%
1 Year Performance-36.88%-12.14%13.90%9.99%

Valaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VAL
Valaris
2.9021 of 5 stars
$50.46
-0.5%
$52.50
+4.0%
-36.8%$3.60B$2.36B11.845,642News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
APA
APA
2.7503 of 5 stars
$19.47
-3.2%
$24.72
+27.0%
-38.9%$7.04B$9.74B7.002,305Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.6131 of 5 stars
$106.72
-2.3%
$151.08
+41.6%
-37.1%$6.16B$5.38B7.14530
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6605 of 5 stars
$6.30
-3.8%
$9.50
+50.8%
-43.3%$2.43B$5.38B-2.429,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8262 of 5 stars
$22.05
-4.5%
$33.53
+52.1%
-34.3%$18.95B$22.94B9.2248,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NBR
Nabors Industries
3.0471 of 5 stars
$32.91
-3.5%
$43.29
+31.5%
-67.2%$516.67M$2.97B-2.1012,400Upcoming Earnings
NE
Noble
4.5877 of 5 stars
$28.69
-15.5%
$36.14
+26.0%
-40.6%$4.79B$3.06B9.615,000
OII
Oceaneering International
2.7998 of 5 stars
$21.09
-3.8%
$28.00
+32.8%
-21.5%$2.12B$2.74B11.8510,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
RIG
Transocean
4.4497 of 5 stars
$2.73
-4.4%
$4.58
+68.1%
-48.7%$2.41B$3.52B-2.875,800
SDRL
Seadrill
3.2129 of 5 stars
$29.73
-2.5%
$51.00
+71.6%
-45.6%$1.85B$1.35B5.623,300
TDW
Tidewater
4.732 of 5 stars
$50.45
-4.1%
$69.33
+37.4%
-48.2%$2.50B$1.35B15.107,700

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This page (NYSE:VAL) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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