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NYSE:VAL

Valaris (VAL) Competitors

$76.40
+2.23 (+3.01%)
(As of 09/25/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$73.61
$76.99
50-Day Range
$69.77
$76.80
52-Week Range
$46.62
$80.00
Volume
692,251 shs
Average Volume
959,358 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.65 billion
P/E Ratio
48.35
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$95.50

VAL vs. RIG, HP, PTEN, HPK, AM, ENLC, YPF, KNTK, NXT, and BEPC

Should you be buying Valaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valaris include Transocean (RIG), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Antero Midstream (AM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Kinetik (KNTK), Nextracker (NXT), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Valaris vs.

Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Valaris currently has a consensus target price of $95.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.02%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $8.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.00%. Given Valaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Valaris is more favorable than Transocean.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valaris
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Transocean
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Valaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean. Transocean 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$1.60B3.53$176.50M$1.5848.35
Transocean$2.58B2.50-$621M-$1.38-6.07

In the previous week, Valaris and Valaris both had 4 articles in the media. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Transocean's score of 0.71 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Valaris has a net margin of 7.04% compared to Transocean's net margin of -37.68%. Valaris' return on equity of 10.00% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valaris7.04% 10.00% 4.38%
Transocean -37.68%-7.32%-3.84%

Transocean received 908 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.88% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 15.00% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValarisOutperform Votes
3
15.00%
Underperform Votes
17
85.00%
TransoceanOutperform Votes
911
51.88%
Underperform Votes
845
48.12%

Valaris has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.6% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Valaris beats Transocean on 11 of the 17 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

MetricValarisDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.65B$1.11B$7.15B$15.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.01%11.40%3.70%
P/E Ratio48.354.6913.1021.31
Price / Sales3.532.6172.846.26
Price / Cash35.028.6612.5615.16
Price / Book4.430.939.226.74
Net Income$176.50M-$434.52M$1.26B$898.81M
7 Day Performance0.37%-0.90%-1.57%-2.17%
1 Month Performance4.01%9.08%0.22%-1.73%
1 Year Performance61.20%36.30%43.94%8.91%

Valaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIG
Transocean
1.6731 of 5 stars
$8.08
-2.8%
$8.38
+3.8%
+244.9%$6.19B$2.58B-5.855,340Gap Up
HP
Helmerich & Payne
2.285 of 5 stars
$44.73
-1.3%
$49.09
+9.7%
+20.7%$4.45B$2.06B11.747,000Positive News
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
2.5205 of 5 stars
$15.15
-2.7%
$17.50
+15.5%
+33.3%$3.15B$2.65B9.476,500Analyst Revision
HPK
HighPeak Energy
2.4398 of 5 stars
$16.84
+2.6%
$8.00
-52.5%
-16.2%$2.16B$755.69M8.3447Positive News
High Trading Volume
AM
Antero Midstream
2.1145 of 5 stars
$11.68
-1.2%
$12.25
+4.9%
+31.2%$5.60B$919.98M16.69586
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
2.3767 of 5 stars
$12.74
+2.0%
$13.89
+9.1%
+45.0%$5.88B$9.54B17.211,132Positive News
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
1.8522 of 5 stars
$12.94
-1.1%
$9.77
-24.5%
+106.6%$5.09B$18.76B2.7923,471Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
KNTK
Kinetik
2.5902 of 5 stars
$34.61
+2.2%
$39.13
+13.0%
+6.8%$5.06B$1.21B21.10300
NXT
Nextracker
2.1781 of 5 stars
$41.60
+0.2%
$44.35
+6.6%
N/A$5.99B$1.90B0.00606Analyst Report
News Coverage
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
2.2268 of 5 stars
$27.65
-1.2%
$37.00
+33.8%
-24.2%$4.97B$4.71B-46.081,890Analyst Report
Positive News

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