Valaris Ltd (NYSE: VAL) is -17.92% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $31.15 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 $36.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.61%.
Currently trading at $36.31, the stock is -6.09% and -16.85% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.21 million and changing -1.65% at the moment leaves the stock -34.79% off its SMA200. VAL registered -47.66% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.51%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $43.6682 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $55.68565.
The stock witnessed a -23.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.81%, and is 4.25% up 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 5.17% over the week and 5.57% over the month.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) has around 5642 employees, a market worth around $2.58B and $2.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.07 and Fwd P/E is 6.41. Profit margin for the company is 15.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.57% and -56.88% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.05%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -25.93% this year
428.0 institutions hold shares in Valaris Ltd (VAL), with institutional investors hold 108.93% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 71.00M, and float is at 62.90M with Short Float at 18.11%. Institutions hold 96.69% 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 purchase by Dibowitz Anton, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Dibowitz Anton bought 7,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’25 at a price of $33.91 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.25 million shares.
Valaris Ltd disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 05 ’24 that Weber Christopher T (SVP – CFO) sold a total of 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 05 ’24 and was made at $49.50 per share for $0.2 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 52236.0 shares of the VAL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 05 ’24, Weber Christopher T (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,000 shares at an average price of $49.47 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Valaris Ltd (VAL).
