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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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