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As of close of business last night, Valaris Ltd’s stock clocked out at $32.65, down -0.94% from its previous closing price of $32.96. In other words, the price has decreased by $-0.94 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.6 million shares were traded. VAL stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.53 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $32.6.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of VAL’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.53 and its Current Ratio is at 1.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.51.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Evercore ISI on January 15, 2025, Downgraded its rating to In-line and sets its target price to $59 from $87 previously.
On December 18, 2024, Barclays Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $59 to $49.
Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on December 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $58 to $47.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 05 ’25 when Dibowitz Anton bought 7,500 shares for $33.91 per share. The transaction valued at 254,314 led to the insider holds 250,401 shares of the business.
Weber Christopher T sold 4,000 shares of VAL for $198,000 on Nov 05 ’24. The SVP – CFO now owns 52,236 shares after completing the transaction at $49.50 per share. On Nov 05 ’24, another insider, Weber Christopher T, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $49.47 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VAL now has a Market Capitalization of 2319488768 and an Enterprise Value of 3124404480. As of this moment, Valaris’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.322 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.405.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VAL is 1.10, which has changed by -0.49815553 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.097913146 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VAL has reached a high of $84.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.15. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -34.36%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that VAL traded 2.07M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1471070 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 71.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 62.90M. Insiders hold about 11.45% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.44% stake in the company. Shares short for VAL as of 1744675200 were 13545346 with a Short Ratio of 6.55, compared to 1741910400 on 11561676. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13545346 and a Short% of Float of 24.57.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
