Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for VAL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryValaris draws attention this week on news of a decade-high $4.7 billion contract backlog, which has prompted questions about its valuation given recent share price volatility. Coverage has also included peer comparisons against Tetra Technologies and other companies, alongside general reviews of its financial metrics and performance against the S&P 500.
Shares close at $79.62, down 1.7% on the day, sitting between the 50-day average of $82.90 and the 200-day average of $81.77, with a one-month return of -6.8% and a six-month return of -22.1%, against a one-year return of 57.8%. The GekkoIndex reads 64.1, placing Valaris in the Accumulation zone. Gekko Fair Value stands at $76.68, putting the current price 3.8% above that level. Separately, consensus analyst target sits at $67.43, implying -15.3% versus the current price, based on 2 firms, both rating the stock hold.
Over the next 20 trading days, the next earnings date falls on 4 November 2026, 36 days away, outside that window; the last report on 5 August 2026 beat estimates ($0.72 actual versus $0.46 estimate) with a -1.2% reaction, and the company has beaten in 5 of the last 8 quarters, with an average absolute reaction of 4.1%. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 6.4% return over 5 years, rising in 3 of them, which is worth noting alongside the typical 20-day move of 8.9%.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Valaris price vs fair value
Close $79.62200-day averageGekko Fair Value $76.68
Valaris quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.51B
- P/E ratio
- 6.2
- Forward P/E
- 29.1
- EPS, TTM
- $13.14
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.14B
- Profit margin
- 44%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.94
- Volume
- 1.02M avg 1.30M
- 1-year return
- +57.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.9%
- 50-day average
- $82.90
- 200-day average
- $81.77
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 69.44M
Valaris swing-trade checklist
Valaris scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $79.62 sits between the 50-day ($82.90) and 200-day ($81.77) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64.1, Accumulation
Reading 64.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
3.8% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (3.8% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 36 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+6.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Valaris stock chart and price history
Valaris closed at $79.62 on Sep 28, 2026, +57.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $46.70 to $114.12.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.8%
- 3 months
- +6.8%
- 6 months
- −22.1%
- 1 year
- +57.8%
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About Valaris
Valaris supplies offshore drilling services to the oil and gas industry, with work spanning Brazil, the United Kingdom, the Gulf of America, Australia, Angola and other international waters. It is recognized for operating a fleet of offshore rigs, including drillships, dynamically positioned semisubmersible units, a moored semisubmersible rig and jackup rigs used to drill wells at sea.
The company organizes its business into four segments: Floaters, Jackups, ARO and Other. Beyond running its own equipment, Valaris also provides management services for rigs that belong to outside owners. Its client base includes international oil and gas majors, government-owned energy companies and independent operators.
Valaris traces its founding back to 1975 and operates out of Hamilton, Bermuda. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker VAL.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrial services
- Industry
- Contract drilling
- Website
- valaris.com
Valaris GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Valaris’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.1, in the Accumulation zone, up 2.5 points over five sessions.
64.1Accumulation
Up 2.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 51 | +2.1% | +6.2% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 212 | 0.0% | +1.2% | ||
| Neutral | 381 | +0.6% | +1.7% | ||
| Distribution | 20 | −0.2% | +5.3% | ||
| Selling | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average VAL 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 Valaris stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Valaris trades 3.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $76.68, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Valaris shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$76.68
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
3.8% above fair value · About fair value
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Valaris insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Valaris, 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.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in VAL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Valaris has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
- $23.93M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.43%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold VAL.
0added0opened0trimmed2sold out
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Valaris earnings: next date and track record
Valaris reports on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
36 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.13
- Revenue estimate
- $569.3M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.1%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.72 est $0.46 | $539.2M est $488.5M | −1.2% |
| May 4, 2026 | −$0.24 est −$0.09 | $465.4M est $443.8M | −9.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $10.26 est $0.47 | $537.4M est $495.7M | +5.2% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.65 est $0.90 | $595.7M est $499.2M | +2.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.61 est $1.20 | $615.2M est $548.1M | −4.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | −$0.53 est $1.13 | $620.7M est $577.8M | +6.2% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $1.88 est $1.03 | $584.4M est $576.3M | −0.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.88 est $1.04 | $643.1M est $578.4M | +4.3% |
“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.
Valaris stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Valaris is $67.43, −15.3% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$67.43consensus 12-month target, −15.3% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18 | BTIG | — | — |
| Aug 17 | BTIG | — | — |
| Aug 7 | Susquehanna | $80 | +0.5% |
| Jul 8 | Susquehanna | $75 | −5.8% |
+1.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+6.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.1%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.
Valaris seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 26, Valaris averaged +6.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.7% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, VAL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.9%.
Valaris market cap and key statistics
Valaris’s market cap is $5.51B, with a P/E ratio of 6.2 and revenue of $2.14B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.51B
- P/E ratio
- 6.2
- Forward P/E
- 29.1
- EPS, TTM
- $13.14
- Gekko Fair Value
- $76.68
Trading
- Volume
- 1.02M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.30M
- 52-week high
- $114.12
- 52-week low
- $46.70
- Shares outstanding
- 69.44M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $2.14B
- Profit margin
- 44%
- Return on equity
- 33.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −55.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.94
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.9%
Valaris stock news this week
Coverage of Valaris this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 2 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Valaris Limited (VAL) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 23
- Is Valaris (VAL) Undervalued On Its $4.7b Backlog News?Simply Wall Street, Sep 23
- Valaris Ltd (Valaris Ltd) Peer Comparison – Compare with OthersValue Research, Sep 22
- Financial Review: Valaris (NYSE:VAL) vs. Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI)Defense World, Sep 21
Valaris peers
Valaris’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SLBSLB | Accumulation | 6.8% below |
| BKRBaker Hughes | Accumulation | 6.7% below |
| NENoble Corporation plc A | Accumulation | 36.5% below |
| RIGTransocean Ltd (Switzerland) | Accumulation | 11.4% below |
| PTENPatterson-UTI Energy | Accumulation | 0.4% above |
| HPHelmerich & Payne | Accumulation | 42.1% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Valaris stock FAQ
What is Valaris’s market cap?
Valaris’s market cap is $5.51B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $79.62, with 69.44M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 6.2.
What is the Valaris stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Valaris is $67.43, −15.3% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Valaris stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Valaris is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $79.62 is 3.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $76.68. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Valaris report earnings next?
Valaris is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.13 per share on revenue of $569.3M. Valaris beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.1% on average across the report.
What is Valaris’s 52-week high and low?
Valaris’s 52-week high is $114.12 and its 52-week low is $46.70; it closed at $79.62 on Sep 28, 2026, +57.8% over the past year.
Is Valaris stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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