BORR vs. VAL, RIG, LBRT, SSL, SOC, BKV, HPK, TALO, MNR, and ARIS
Should you be buying Borr Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Borr Drilling include Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Sasol (SSL), Sable Offshore (SOC), BKV (BKV), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Talos Energy (TALO), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Borr Drilling vs.
Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) and Valaris (NYSE:VAL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Valaris has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of 8.12%. Valaris' return on equity of 17.67% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.
Borr Drilling currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 197.52%. Valaris has a consensus target price of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.09%. Given Borr Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Valaris.
In the previous week, Valaris had 11 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Valaris and 14 mentions for Borr Drilling. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Borr Drilling's score of -0.24 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valaris has higher revenue and earnings than Borr Drilling. Valaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Borr Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valaris received 11 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.
Borr Drilling has a beta of 2.84, suggesting that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valaris shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Valaris beats Borr Drilling on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BORR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
