Transocean vs Seadrill
RIG and SDRL 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 RIG and SDRL compare
Seadrill keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −1.1% compared with −40.2% at Transocean.
Seadrill scores higher on the StockData Score (5 against 4 for Transocean), 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 | RIG | SDRL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.9B | – |
| Share price | $5.31 | $44.31 |
| Change, 1 year | 26.4% | 56.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 78.2% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.25 | 0.85 |
| Employees | 5,600 | 3,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.4× | – |
| P/B | 0.7× | – |
| P/FCF | 6.6× | – |
| FCF yield | 15.2% | – |
| Fair value | $3.64 | – |
| Margin of safety | −46.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 17.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | 8.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −153% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −185% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.6% | – |
| Operating margin | −24.2% | 8.6% (better) |
| Net margin | −40.2% | −1.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 22.0% | – |
| Return on equity | −18.7% | −0.63% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −5.6% | 2.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.61 | 0.26 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.60 |
| Interest coverage | −1.7× | 2.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 2.18 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −0.03 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 90.0% | 97.8% |
| Held by insiders | 19.2% | 5.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.4M (better) | −$5.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 35.8% | 6.9% |
Go deeper
- RIG stock overview
- RIG income statement
- RIG valuation and score
- SDRL stock overview
- SDRL income statement
- SDRL valuation and score
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