Seadrill (SDRL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RIG or SDRL?

Transocean has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seadrill has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RIG or SDRL?

In the previous week, Seadrill had 2 more articles in the media than Transocean. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Seadrill and 4 mentions for Transocean. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Seadrill's score of 0.00 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RIG or SDRL?

67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Seadrill shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean 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.

Do analysts rate RIG or SDRL?

Transocean presently has a consensus target price of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 48.71%. Seadrill has a consensus target price of $66.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.18%. Given Seadrill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Transocean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Seadrill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIG or SDRL?

Transocean received 404 more outperform votes than Seadrill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.35% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 920 51.60%	Underperform Votes 863 48.40%
Seadrill	Outperform Votes 516 60.35%	Underperform Votes 339 39.65%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RIG or SDRL?

Seadrill has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seadrill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transocean	$2.83B	1.38	-$954M	-$0.75	-5.94
Seadrill	$1.50B	2.04	$300M	$5.74	7.25

Is RIG or SDRL more profitable?

Seadrill has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Transocean's net margin of -18.81%. Seadrill's return on equity of 7.19% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-18.81%	-1.48%	-0.77%
Seadrill	27.79%	7.19%	5.10%

Summary

Seadrill beats Transocean on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.