Valaris (VAL) Competitors

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Valaris (NYSE:VAL) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or VAL?

Transocean has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RIG or VAL?

Transocean presently has a consensus target price of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 56.43%. Valaris has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.53%. 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
Transocean	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Valaris	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media refer more to RIG or VAL?

In the previous week, Transocean and Transocean both had 1 articles in the media. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Transocean's score of 0.46 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RIG or VAL?

Valaris has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transocean	$2.83B	1.31	-$954M	-$0.75	-5.65
Valaris	$2.26B	1.48	$865.40M	$14.56	3.24

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RIG or VAL?

67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RIG or VAL more profitable?

Valaris has a net margin of 47.52% compared to Transocean's net margin of -18.81%. Valaris' return on equity of 13.67% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-18.81%	-1.48%	-0.77%
Valaris	47.52%	13.67%	6.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIG or VAL?

Transocean received 903 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.60% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 39.53% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 920 51.60%	Underperform Votes 863 48.40%
Valaris	Outperform Votes 17 39.53%	Underperform Votes 26 60.47%

Summary

Valaris beats Transocean on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.