Valaris Ltd [NYSE: VAL] stock went on an upward path that rose over 10.03% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 9.79%.
Over the last 12 months, VAL stock dropped by -48.54%. The one-year Valaris Ltd stock forecast points to a potential upside of 22.72. The average equity rating for VAL stock is currently 2.24, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $2.53 billion, with 71.00 million shares outstanding and 62.90 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.11M shares, VAL stock reached a trading volume of 4030560 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Valaris Ltd [VAL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VAL shares is $46.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VAL stock is a recommendation set at 2.24. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Evercore ISI have made an estimate for Valaris Ltd shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as In-line, with their previous recommendation back on January 15, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays dropped their target price from $59 to $49. The new note on the price target was released on December 18, 2024, representing the official price target for Valaris Ltd stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $58 to $47, while Citigroup kept a Neutral rating on VAL stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Valaris Ltd is set at 2.26, with the Price to Sales ratio for VAL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.07. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.13, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.36.
VAL Stock Performance Analysis:
Valaris Ltd [VAL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 9.79. With this latest performance, VAL shares dropped by -12.52% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -28.31% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -48.54% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VAL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.86, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 61.66, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 51.07 for Valaris Ltd [VAL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 35.74, while it was recorded at 33.39 for the last single week of trading, and 49.09 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Valaris Ltd Fundamentals:
Valaris Ltd’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.53 and a Current Ratio set at 1.53.
VAL Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VAL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Valaris Ltd go to 14.19%.
Valaris Ltd [VAL] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $97.40%, or 109.74%% of VAL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of VAL stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 7.41 million shares, which is approximately 10.2386%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 6.36 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$473.97 million in VAL stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$433.39 million in VAL stock with ownership which is approximately 8.0349%.
