Valaris Ltd (NYSE: VAL) is -13.63% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $27.15 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 $37.47 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.74%.
Currently trading at $38.21, the stock is 14.49% and 8.11% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.29 million and changing 1.97% at the moment leaves the stock -20.13% off its SMA200. VAL registered -46.86% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.49%.
The stock witnessed a 14.81% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.68%, and is 6.26% 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 3.72% over the week and 5.23% over the month.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) has around 5642 employees, a market worth around $2.72B and $2.46B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.98 and Fwd P/E is 9.73. Profit margin for the company is 12.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 40.74% and -54.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.27%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -36.34% this year.
Valaris Ltd (VAL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 71.10M, and float is at 62.95M with Short Float at 20.96%.
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).
