Valaris Ltd (NYSE: VAL) is -8.77% 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 $40.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.3%.
Currently trading at $40.36, the stock is 7.93% and -6.50% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.16 million and changing 0.75% at the moment leaves the stock -26.34% off its SMA200. VAL registered -43.22% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -29.01%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $43.166 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $54.7889.
The stock witnessed a -5.74% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.85%, and is 11.15% 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 3.63% over the week and 5.38% over the month.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) has around 5642 employees, a market worth around $2.87B and $2.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.86 and Fwd P/E is 7.41. Profit margin for the company is 15.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.57% and -52.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.05%).
with sales reaching $583.77M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -26.67% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -5.40% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 11.19% in year-over-year returns.
428.0 institutions hold shares in Valaris Ltd (VAL), with institutional investors hold 108.97% 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 96.72% 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).
