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VAL vs. CHRD, PTEN, HAL, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NBR, NE, RIG, and SDRL

Should you be buying Valaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valaris include Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble (NE), Transocean (RIG), and Seadrill (SDRL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Valaris vs. Its Competitors

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

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chord Energy currently has a consensus price target of $147.15, indicating a potential upside of 46.77%. Valaris has a consensus price target of $48.19, indicating a potential downside of 3.95%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Valaris.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chord Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Valaris
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Valaris has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Valaris' return on equity of 12.36% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chord Energy5.02% 9.02% 5.97%
Valaris 11.18%12.36%6.25%

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Valaris pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Valaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy$5.25B1.09$848.63M$3.9325.51
Valaris$2.46B1.45$373.40M$3.8413.06

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Chord Energy and 21 mentions for Valaris. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Valaris' score of -0.05 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Valaris
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Chord Energy beats Valaris on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VAL vs. The Competition

MetricValarisOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.58B$2.33B$7.93B$21.59B
Dividend YieldN/A4.60%10.78%3.51%
P/E Ratio13.068.5840.6930.24
Price / Sales1.451.091,307.6799.11
Price / Cash7.223.9935.6818.30
Price / Book1.590.974.224.66
Net Income$373.40M$36.93M$4.28B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-3.13%-2.08%1.98%1.06%
1 Month Performance2.06%4.35%4.03%3.00%
1 Year Performance-9.30%-3.94%16.80%15.09%

Valaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VAL
Valaris
1.9625 of 5 stars
$50.17
-0.3%
$48.19
-3.9%
-8.9%$3.58B$2.46B13.065,642
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.137 of 5 stars
$102.31
-1.8%
$147.33
+44.0%
-26.6%$5.96B$5.25B8.19530Analyst Forecast
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.8344 of 5 stars
$5.41
-2.3%
$7.90
+46.0%
-36.1%$2.13B$5.38B0.009,200
HAL
Halliburton
4.8407 of 5 stars
$21.80
-1.9%
$32.05
+47.0%
-23.5%$18.95B$22.94B8.6248,000
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.2835 of 5 stars
$23.67
-0.5%
$26.42
+11.6%
-7.6%$4.54B$1.32B11.96210
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3941 of 5 stars
$46.50
-2.4%
$67.27
+44.7%
-13.2%$5.93B$3.50B6.81290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.534 of 5 stars
$26.14
+1.3%
$29.54
+13.0%
-25.5%$3.68B$3.03B13.54690
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.7314 of 5 stars
$41.69
-1.6%
$43.00
+3.1%
-44.1%$666.62M$2.97B0.0012,400Analyst Forecast
NE
Noble
3.7531 of 5 stars
$30.59
-9.9%
$31.50
+3.0%
-21.0%$4.81B$3.06B19.795,000
RIG
Transocean
3.7541 of 5 stars
$3.31
+0.3%
$4.26
+28.6%
-26.9%$3.11B$3.52B0.005,800
SDRL
Seadrill
3.7039 of 5 stars
$33.01
+0.7%
$45.25
+37.1%
-25.8%$2.04B$1.39B50.433,300

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This page (NYSE:VAL) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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