NYSE: RIG

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) (RIG) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$5.28−0.10 (−1.9%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

Transocean's week centers on its pending acquisition of Valaris, a $5.8 billion all-stock deal whose spread narrowed after a report that the Department of Justice is expected to clear the transaction early without divestitures. Alongside that, the Deepwater Conqueror rig secured a 170-day, two-well contract in Equatorial Guinea, adding approximately $80 million to 2027 backlog. A federal court also dismissed an investor suit alleging executives overvalued two rigs later sold at a loss. Analyst commentary remains mixed, with a consensus "Hold" rating and a $6.68 average 12-month target cited in one summary, alongside notes on the company's Q2 results of $0.03 EPS and $966 million revenue.

RIG closed at $5.28, down 1.9%, sitting below both its 50-day ($5.56) and 200-day ($5.66) moving averages, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 64.9, placing it in the Accumulation zone. Fair value analysis puts Gekko Fair Value at $5.96, an 11.4% gap below the current price.

Over the next 20 trading days, earnings are not due until 4 November, 36 days out, placing the report outside a typical holding window. Smart money activity includes one open-market insider purchase totaling $173,250 over the last 90 days, alongside one billionaire holder and one trailblazer holder. Seasonality over 5 years shows an average 20-day return of 8.8% from this point, though gains occurred in only 2 of those years. Consensus among 6 firms includes 4 buy, 1 hold, and 1 sell ratings, with a consensus target of $6.55.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) price vs fair value

$5.96$5.28Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $5.28200-day averageGekko Fair Value $5.96

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) quick facts

Market cap
$5.37B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
15.2
EPS, TTM
−$1.67
Revenue, TTM
$4.12B
Profit margin
-40.2%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.34
Volume
38.40M avg 41.99M
1-year return
+67.1%
Typical daily move
±4.4%
Typical 20-day move
±9.9%
50-day average
$5.56
200-day average
$5.66
Next earnings
Nov 4 after close
Shares outstanding
1.12B
52-week range
$3.03$7.66

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) swing-trade checklist

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $5.28 is below the 50-day ($5.56) and 200-day ($5.66) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    64.9, Accumulation

    Reading 64.9 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    11.4% below

    Price is 11.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneysupportive

    Leans bullish

    Last 90 days: 1 open-market insider purchase.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 36 days

    Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitymixed

    +8.8% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +8.8% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

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Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock chart and price history

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) closed at $5.28 on Sep 28, 2026, +67.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $3.03 to $7.66.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$3$4$6$7NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep5.28

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−8.0%
3 months
+4.8%
6 months
−23.8%
1 year
+67.1%
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About Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)

Transocean provides contract drilling services to companies working in oil and natural gas extraction around the world. It supplies mobile offshore drilling rigs along with the equipment and crews needed to operate them, and it is recognized for its fleet of ultra-deepwater floaters and rigs designed for harsh environmental conditions. As of February 14, 2022, the company managed or held partial stakes in 37 such units, including 27 ultra-deepwater floaters and 10 harsh-environment floaters.

The company works alongside its subsidiaries to run these drilling operations, and its customer base spans large integrated energy firms, government-owned or government-linked oil companies, and a range of independent energy producers.

Transocean was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Steinhausen, Switzerland. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker RIG.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Industrial services
Industry
Contract drilling
Website
deepwater.com

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.9, in the Accumulation zone, up 2.9 points over five sessions.

010064.9Accumulation

Up 2.9 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying45+1.1%+5.4%+7.9%+3.6%
Accumulation (current zone)229+1.0%0.0%+1.2%−3.1%
Neutral362−0.1%+0.2%+0.4%+5.6%
Distribution30+0.9%+3.5%+4.1%+9.6%
Selling6Too few readings yet

Average RIG share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) trades 11.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $5.96, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$5.96

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026

11.4% Undervalued

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Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) insider and Congress trading

Insiders filed 1 open-market purchase in Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) worth $173K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

$173Kin 1 open-market purchase

FiledInsiderTypeSharesValue
Jul 7Chad C Deaton
Director
Purchase35,000$173K

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in RIG were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

2of the funds Gekko tracks hold RIG.

2added0opened0trimmed0sold out
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Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) earnings: next date and track record

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) reports on Nov 4, 2026, after the close (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.

3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.9%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+10.7%Oct ’24+0.6%Feb ’25−5.6%Apr ’25+3.2%Aug ’25+4.3%Oct ’25+4.8%Feb ’26−8.6%May ’26−1.1%Aug ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 5, 2026$0.03
est $0.01
+200.0%$966.0M
est $956.6M
+1.0%−1.1%
May 4, 2026−$0.03
est $0.08
−137.5%$1.08B
est $1.02B
+5.5%−8.6%
Feb 19, 2026$0.02
est $0.09
−77.8%$1.04B
est $1.04B
+0.8%+4.8%
Oct 29, 2025$0.06
est $0.04
+50.0%$1.03B
est $1.03B
−0.4%+4.3%
Aug 4, 2025−$1.06
est −$0.01
−10,463.0%$988.0M
est $993.8M
−0.6%+3.2%
Apr 28, 2025−$0.10
est −$0.12
+16.7%$906.0M
est $886.4M
+2.2%−5.6%
Feb 17, 2025−$0.09
est $0.01
−1,000.0%$952.0M
est $962.7M
−1.1%+0.6%
Oct 30, 2024−$0.52
est −$0.26
−100.0%$948.0M
est $966.3M
−1.9%+10.7%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) is $6.55, +24.1% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$6.55consensus 12-month target, +24.1% from the last close
Low $4.75High $10
Buy4
Hold1
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 20Morgan StanleyHold, maintained$7+32.6%
Aug 20Morgan StanleyHold, reiterated$7+32.6%
Aug 19Bank of America SecuritiesSell, maintained$4.75−10.0%
Aug 18BTIGBuy, reiterated$10+89.4%
Aug 12BarclaysBuy, maintained$7+32.6%
+1.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+8.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) averaged +8.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−2.9%2021+46.8%2022−20.2%2023−5.2%2024+24.1%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+7.8%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+3.8%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+7.3%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+8.8%2 of 5
Next 30 trading days+14.3%3 of 5

For scale, RIG’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.9%.

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) market cap and key statistics

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s market cap is $5.37B and revenue of $4.12B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$5.37B
Forward P/E
15.2
EPS, TTM
−$1.67
Gekko Fair Value
$5.96

Trading

Volume
38.40M
Avg volume, 20 days
41.99M
52-week high
$7.66
52-week low
$3.03
Shares outstanding
1.12B

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$4.12B
Profit margin
-40.2%
Return on equity
-18.7%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
0.0%

Risk and income

Beta
1.34
Typical daily move
±4.4%
Typical 20-day move
±9.9%

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock news this week

Coverage of Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) this week reads positive: 4 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) peers

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
SLBSLB−1.5%Accumulation6.8% below
BKRBaker Hughes−1.6%Accumulation6.7% below
NENoble Corporation plc A−1.5%Accumulation36.5% below
VALValaris−2.7%Accumulation3.8% above
PTENPatterson-UTI Energy−2.0%Accumulation0.4% above
HPHelmerich & Payne−3.9%Accumulation42.1% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock FAQ

What is Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s market cap?

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s market cap is $5.37B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $5.28, with 1.12B shares outstanding.

What is the Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) is $6.55, +24.1% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $5.28 is 11.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $5.96. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) report earnings next?

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, after the market closes (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.03 per share on revenue of $942.9M. Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.9% on average across the report.

What is Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s 52-week high and low?

Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)’s 52-week high is $7.66 and its 52-week low is $3.03; it closed at $5.28 on Sep 28, 2026, +67.1% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $8.88 on Sep 15, 2023.

Is Transocean Ltd (Switzerland) stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

During US trading hours the price at the top of the page is a delayed quote, refreshed every 15 minutes; everything else is rebuilt after each US market close. The GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and the checklist are Gekko’s own, and the Gekko Brief is written by AI from this page’s data and checked against it before it is published. How Gekko’s data works →

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