Seadrill vs Valaris
SDRL 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 SDRL and VAL compare
Seadrill grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.1% versus −13.2% for Valaris).
Valaris keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 44.0% compared with −1.1% at Seadrill.
Valaris scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 5 for Seadrill), 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 | SDRL | VAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $5.6B |
| Share price | $44.31 | $80.69 |
| Change, 1 year | 56.0% | 44.1% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 137% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.87 |
| Employees | 3,000 | 5,070 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 6.0× |
| P/S | – | 2.6× |
| P/B | – | 1.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 25.5× |
| PEG | – | 0.07 |
| FCF yield | – | −0.43% |
| Fair value | – | $115.83 |
| Margin of safety | – | 30.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.1% (better) | −13.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% | 10.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −153% | 241% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −185% | 248% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 24.8% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 11.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −1.1% | 44.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | −1.1% |
| Return on equity | −0.63% | 33.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% | 7.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.26 (better) | 0.34 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.60 (better) | 2.27 |
| Interest coverage | 2.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.18 (better) | 1.55 |
| Altman Z-score | – | 2.76 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.8% | 90.2% |
| Held by insiders | 5.5% | 45.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$5.4M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.9% | 15.4% |
Go deeper
- SDRL stock overview
- SDRL income statement
- SDRL 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.