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Valaris Ltd (VAL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Valaris Ltd. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Valaris Ltd

Valaris Ltd is a global offshore contract drilling company serving the international oil and gas industry. It owns and operates a large fleet of offshore drilling rigs, including drillships, semisubmersibles, and jackup rigs, providing drilling services primarily on a day rate contract basis. The company serves major international, government-owned, and independent oil and gas companies across multiple regions including the Gulf of America, South America, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.37B
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.3%
Net income
$982.8M
Diluted EPS
$13.86
Gross margin
31.2%
Operating margin
20.1%
Net margin
41.5%
FCF margin
8.6%
ROE
31.0%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
6.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.90B
Long-term debt / equity
0.34×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Valaris

  • Revenue grew 0.3% to $2.4B in FY2025, slower than the 32.4% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $539M, down 12.4% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $203M in FY2025, 8.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 163.2% to $983M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Valaris’s fundamentals sit among the 133 Energy companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin31.2%
66th percentile of 45
Operating margin20.1%
69th percentile of 110
Net margin41.5%
97th percentile of 128
FCF margin8.6%
67th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.3%
45th percentile of 131
ROE31.0%
93rd percentile of 104
P/E6.4×
10th percentile of 84
Long-term debt / equity0.34×
37th percentile of 87
Short interest4.77d
63rd percentile of 131

Valaris’s net margin of 41.5% ranks in the 97th percentile of the 128 Energy companies reporting it. Valaris’s return on equity of 31.0% ranks in the 93rd percentile of the 104 Energy companies reporting it. Valaris’s P/E of 6.4 ranks in the 10th percentile of the 84 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.7M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-4.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.77
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-305.7M-4.7%4.77
2026-09-156.0M-7.9%4.10
2026-08-316.5M+9.5%7.81
2026-08-145.9M+1.5%4.90
2026-07-315.8M-10.7%5.96
2026-07-156.5M+5.1%7.24
2026-06-306.2M-8.4%5.38
2026-06-156.8M-2.9%8.34

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.37B$2.36B$1.78B$1.60B—
Gross profit—
Operating income$477.0M$352.3M$53.5M$37.2M—
Net income$982.8M$373.4M$865.4M$176.5M$369.8M
Diluted EPS$13.86$5.12$11.51$2.33—

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$599.4M$368.2M$620.5M$724.1M$608.7M
Current assets$1.23B$1.08B$1.27B$1.35B$1.21B
Total assets$5.30B$4.42B$4.32B$2.86B$2.60B
Current liabilities$691.6M$679.5M$744.3M$504.4M$422.0M
Long-term debt$1.09B$1.08B$1.08B$542.4M$545.3M
Total liabilities$2.13B$2.18B$2.33B$1.56B
Total equity$3.17B$2.24B$2.00B$1.30B$1.08B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$546.2M$355.4M$267.5M$127.0M—
Capital expenditure$343.5M$455.1M$696.1M$207.0M—
Free cash flow—

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$539.2M-12.4%$50.4M$0.72
Q1 FY2026$465.4M-25.0%$-16.4M$-0.24
Q4 FY2025-8.0%
Q3 FY2025$595.7M-7.4%$188.1M$2.65
Q2 FY2025$615.2M0.8%$115.1M$1.61
Q1 FY2025$620.7M18.2%$-37.9M$-0.53
Q4 FY202420.8%
Q3 FY2024$643.1M41.3%$64.6M$0.88

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorEnergy
SIC industryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK314808

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-20
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-10-14
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8-K2026-09-30
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-08-05
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.