Valaris Ltd (NYSE: VAL) is -29.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.04 and a high of $84.20 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VAL stock was last observed hovering at around $50.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.1%.
Currently trading at $48.51, the stock is -3.06% and -7.92% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.3 million and changing -4.15% at the moment leaves the stock -26.12% off its SMA200. VAL registered -29.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -36.67%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $52.6806 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $65.65665.
The stock witnessed a -6.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.06%, and is -2.98% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.29% over the week and 3.69% over the month.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) has around 5985 employees, a market worth around $3.31B and $2.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.33 and Fwd P/E is 8.52. Profit margin for the company is 47.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.98% and -42.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (32.99%).
with sales reaching $578.35M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -63.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 31.58% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 19.54% in year-over-year returns.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) Top Institutional Holders
421.0 institutions hold shares in Valaris Ltd (VAL), with institutional investors hold 107.05% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 72.40M, and float is at 64.48M with Short Float at 13.60%. Institutions hold 97.50% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.41 million shares valued at $552.25 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.2386% of the VAL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 6.36 million shares valued at $473.97 million to account for 8.7872 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ORBIS ALLAN GRAY LTD which holds 5.82 million shares representing 8.0349% and valued at over $433.39 million, while FMR LLC holds 6.901 of the shares totaling 5.0 million with a market value of $372.23 million.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Weber Christopher T, the company’s SVP – CFO. SEC filings show that Weber Christopher T sold 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 05 ’24 at a price of $49.50 per share for a total of $0.2 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 52236.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 30 ’24, Lyne Matthew (SVP – CCO) disposed off 26,000 shares at an average price of $55.77 for $1.45 million. The insider now directly holds 24,388 shares of Valaris Ltd (VAL).
