VALARIS LTD (VAL)
Energy · offshore drilling services · NYSE
A global offshore drilling contractor providing a diverse fleet of drillships, semisubmersibles, and jackups for oil and gas exploration and development.
What VALARIS LTD does
Valaris Ltd provides offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry. The company operates a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units, including drillships, semisubmersibles, and jackups, to support customer exploration and production activities globally. It also maintains a joint venture, ARO Drilling, with Saudi Aramco to provide drilling services in the Middle East.
Themes: offshore drilling, energy exploration and production, oilfield services
Fundamentals
- Price$83.96 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$5.8B as of 2026-07-30 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+63.5% 2025-10-08 close $51.35 → 2026-10-08 close $83.96
- P/E5.88 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+41.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+31.0% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.34 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-9.9% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+13.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.19 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: 4-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How VAL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 108 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 10% 135 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 122 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 10% 143 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 137 covered Energy peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 94 covered Energy peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
VAL is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
65.3 #99 of 1,379 scored · #10 of 78 in Energy
Valuation 85th (price to earnings 5.9, price to book 1.8) and profitability 80th (return on equity 31%, operating margin 20.1%); weakest is growth (39th, revenue growth year over year -9.9%, 3-year revenue CAGR 13.9%).
Left this list on 1 Sep 2026
- Left 1 Sep 2026: score 61.7, rank 28 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 10, score 62.6.
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which VAL reported a dividend payment is FY2019, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2019 ratio would not describe VAL today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2019) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How VALARIS LTD looks technically
VALARIS LTD (VAL) is trading 1.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 303 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago. It is 26.4% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 1.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +1.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $83.48 | $83.48 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $82.51 | $82.51 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 303 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 303 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 1.8% above | +1.8% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 53.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($77.17 to $84.92) — its "stochastic" reading is 88 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 87.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $114.12 | $114.12 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 26.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -26.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 79.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +79.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 26.4% below its highest point of the past year | 26.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 26 trading days ago | 26 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $332.96 (set on 2008-06-19) | $332.96 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($46.75 to $113.42), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 44% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $70.08 to $72.22. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 44.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 74.8% below its all-time high | -74.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.1% below a resistance level at $86.53 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-03-09, most recently on 2026-04-20. Since 2024-10-08 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +3.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.2906 (set on 2020-05-14) | $0.2906 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 28791.9% above its all-time low | +28,792% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 83% of it) | 17th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.14 between its high and its low — about 3.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.14 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $77.33 and $86.60 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $77.33 – $81.96 – $86.60 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.7% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (1.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.61× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 1.3% since the prior reading | +1.3% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.0% gap down opened on 2026-09-29 has been "filled" 7 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 7 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.9 percentage points (the stock lost 1.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | -2.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 4.2 percentage points (the stock gained 8.1% while the market gained 3.8%) | +4.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 31.3 percentage points (the stock lost 13.8% while the market gained 17.5%) | -31.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 48.5 percentage points (the stock gained 63.5% while the market gained 15.0%) | +48.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.9% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is sitting right on the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $84.36 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $84.33 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 46 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.4% |
Head and shoulders, bearish — broke down · entry $79.13 · 34 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
VAL last closed at $83.96 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $86.53 | Resistance | 3.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-09 to 2026-04-20 |
| $80.99 | Support | 3.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-07-14 to 2026-09-14 |
| $104.83 | Resistance | 24.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-30 to 2026-04-29 |
| $58.62 | Support | 30.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-30 to 2025-11-11 |
| $53.79 | Support | 35.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-31 to 2025-09-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Analyst price target recently RAISED | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.11 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$68.29 range $45.00 – $99.00; median $60.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-07. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for VAL
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.15 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-07
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.02592 (+2.3%) from $1.12, on 2026-09-01, 36-day window
- Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Risks related to the pending business combination with Transocean Ltd, including potential integration issues and diversion of management resources.","Volatility in offshore drilling market supply and demand, which is heavily influenced by commodity price fluctuations and customer capital expenditure budgets.","Operational risks inherent to offshore drilling, such as rig equipment failure, severe weather events, and cybersecurity incidents targeting operating systems."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for VAL — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
VAL had 5,959,122 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
VAL had 8.58% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.1 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 5,959,122
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 8.58%
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,469,876
- Reported change -7.89%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.1
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Transocean (RIG)
- Noble Corporation (NE)
- Seadrill (SDRL)
- Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO)
- Helmerich & Payne (HP)
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Frequently asked questions
What does VALARIS LTD (VAL) do?
Valaris Ltd provides offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry. The company operates a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units, including drillships, semisubmersibles, and jackups, to support customer exploration and production activities globally. It also maintains a joint venture, ARO Drilling, with Saudi Aramco to provide drilling services in the Middle East.
What sector is VALARIS LTD (VAL) in?
VALARIS LTD (VAL) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is offshore drilling services. It trades on NYSE.
Who are VALARIS LTD's (VAL) competitors?
Notable peers of VALARIS LTD (VAL) include Transocean, Noble Corporation, Seadrill, Diamond Offshore Drilling and Helmerich & Payne. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is VALARIS LTD (VAL) overbought or oversold right now?
VALARIS LTD (VAL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on VAL come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.