Valaris (VAL) Competitors

$69.20
+1.42 (+2.10%)
(As of 04/26/2024 ET)

VAL vs. RIG, PTEN, HP, HPK, SUN, SSL, TDW, CPG, MGY, and ETRN

Should you be buying Valaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valaris include Transocean (RIG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Sunoco (SUN), Sasol (SSL), Tidewater (TDW), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Equitrans Midstream (ETRN). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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$1.78B2.81$865.40M$11.695.92
Transocean$2.83B1.70-$954M-$1.27-4.62

Valaris has a net margin of 48.50% compared to Transocean's net margin of -33.69%. Valaris' return on equity of 5.71% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valaris48.50% 5.71% 2.40%
Transocean -33.69%-7.13%-3.66%

Transocean received 903 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.67% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 32.26% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValarisOutperform Votes
10
32.26%
Underperform Votes
21
67.74%
TransoceanOutperform Votes
913
51.67%
Underperform Votes
854
48.33%

96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Transocean had 2 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Transocean and 4 mentions for Valaris. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Transocean's score of 0.42 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Valaris presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.51%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $8.22, suggesting a potential upside of 40.07%. Given Valaris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Transocean
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Valaris has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valaris beats Transocean on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$5.01B$1.22B$8.13B$17.47B
Dividend YieldN/A3.44%11.77%3.55%
P/E Ratio5.925.7916.6621.86
Price / Sales2.812.4949.7910.49
Price / Cash26.848.3911.3017.65
Price / Book2.530.783.604.87
Net Income$865.40M-$210.34M$975.90M$964.96M
7 Day Performance1.05%0.72%1.57%1.90%
1 Month Performance-6.19%0.23%2.52%-3.08%
1 Year Performance18.90%-4.75%8.15%96.69%

Valaris Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIG
Transocean
4.2884 of 5 stars
$5.91
-2.3%
$8.22
+39.1%
+2.0%$4.84B$2.83B-4.655,800Upcoming Earnings
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.8089 of 5 stars
$11.33
-1.4%
$16.17
+42.7%
-3.4%$4.57B$4.15B11.2210,600Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HP
Helmerich & Payne
2.8472 of 5 stars
$41.20
-1.0%
$42.88
+4.1%
+16.7%$4.07B$2.87B9.836,200Analyst Report
News Coverage
HPK
HighPeak Energy
1.4879 of 5 stars
$15.17
+0.2%
$22.10
+45.7%
-21.1%$1.95B$1.11B9.6048Analyst Revision
SUN
Sunoco
2.8173 of 5 stars
$51.15
-1.2%
$62.71
+22.6%
+27.5%$5.16B$23.07B14.052,389Analyst Revision
SSL
Sasol
3.0689 of 5 stars
$8.21
-4.6%
N/A-45.3%$5.21B$16.30B0.0029,073News Coverage
Gap Up
TDW
Tidewater
2.7886 of 5 stars
$92.22
-1.5%
$93.00
+0.8%
+123.2%$4.82B$1.01B50.397,300Upcoming Earnings
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
4.3253 of 5 stars
$8.55
+0.5%
$13.75
+60.9%
+27.0%$5.29B$2.59B12.21777Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
2.8546 of 5 stars
$26.00
-0.7%
$26.29
+1.1%
+28.9%$5.31B$1.23B12.68247Analyst Report
ETRN
Equitrans Midstream
4.3137 of 5 stars
$12.29
-1.0%
$10.86
-11.6%
+185.9%$5.36B$1.39B13.81773Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:VAL) was last updated on 4/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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