Market Update: Valaris Ltd (VAL) Sees Negative Movement, Closing at 64.21

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In the latest session, Valaris Ltd (NYSE: VAL) closed at $64.21 down -5.25% from its previous closing price of $67.77. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.89 million shares were traded. VAL stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.11 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $63.0.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Valaris Ltd’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.62 and its Current Ratio is at 1.62. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.53 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.52.

On November 28, 2023, CapitalOne started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $100.

Barclays Upgraded its Equal Weight to Overweight on November 09, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $84 to $106.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 09 ’23 when Grable Colleen sold 5,034 shares for $75.00 per share. The transaction valued at 377,550 led to the insider holds 15,074 shares of the business.

OAK HILL ADVISORS LP sold 4,200,000 shares of VAL for $307,020,000 on Aug 07 ’23. The 10% Owner now owns 4,766,016 shares after completing the transaction at $73.10 per share.

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 4671322624 and an Enterprise Value of 5436423168. As of this moment, Valaris’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.64. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.14. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.621 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.605.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, VAL has reached a high of $84.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.20%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.29%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, VAL has traded an average of 1.03M shares per day and 1329470 over the past ten days. A total of 72.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 66.63M. Insiders hold about 8.41% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.99% stake in the company. Shares short for VAL as of 1721001600 were 8176569 with a Short Ratio of 7.97, compared to 1718323200 on 6143914. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8176569 and a Short% of Float of 12.590000000000002.

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