RIG vs. VAL, PTEN, HP, HPK, BORR, PDS, NBR, ICD, AMNI, and EQT
Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Valaris (VAL), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), Nabors Industries (NBR), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and EQT (EQT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Valaris (NYSE:VAL) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Valaris has a net margin of 44.93% compared to Transocean's net margin of -13.27%. Valaris' return on equity of 3.81% beat Transocean's return on equity.
Transocean received 903 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.72% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.
Transocean has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valaris has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Transocean and Transocean both had 4 articles in the media. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Transocean's score of 0.73 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Transocean currently has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 24.19%. Valaris has a consensus price target of $99.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. Given Valaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valaris is more favorable than Transocean.
Valaris has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Valaris beats Transocean on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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