Helmerich & Payne vs Valaris
HP and VAL side by side, both in oil and gas field services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HP and VAL compare
Valaris is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Helmerich & Payne ($5.6B against $3.7B).
Helmerich & Payne grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.6% versus −13.2% for Valaris).
Valaris keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 44.0% compared with −3.4% at Helmerich & Payne.
Helmerich & Payne pays a dividend yielding 2.7%; Valaris does not pay one.
Valaris scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 6 for Helmerich & Payne), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HP | VAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.7B | $5.6B |
| Share price | $36.62 | $80.69 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.5% | 44.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 48.4% | 137% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 0.87 |
| Employees | 6,200 | 5,070 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 6.0× |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | – | 1.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.6× (better) | 25.5× |
| P/FCF | 11.6× | – |
| PEG | – | 0.07 |
| FCF yield | 8.6% (better) | −0.43% |
| Fair value | $36.46 | $115.83 |
| Margin of safety | −0.44% | 30.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 16.6% (better) | −13.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.1% (better) | 10.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 241% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −642% | 248% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.8% (better) | 24.8% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 11.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −3.4% | 44.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.9% (better) | −1.1% |
| Return on equity | – | 33.9% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 7.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.34 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.98 (better) | 2.27 |
| Interest coverage | 0.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.96 (better) | 1.55 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.99 | 2.76 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −33.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 90.2% |
| Held by insiders | 3.8% | 45.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.5M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 15.4% |
Go deeper
- HP stock overview
- HP income statement
- HP valuation and score
- VAL stock overview
- VAL income statement
- VAL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.