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Valaris Ltd (VAL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VAL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Energy in US: +3.6% week · +0.1% month · +15.3% quarter · +9.6% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta −1.00 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VAL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −1.00 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Valaris Ltd moved −1.00% on average · correlation −0.15 · higher than 2% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.97 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.09% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.94% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Energy · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Energy · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelooknet universe.

Compared against VAL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Valaris Ltd

VAL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Valaris provides offshore contract drilling services, operating a fleet of drillships, semisubmersible rigs and jackup rigs that oil and gas companies charter to drill wells at sea. It works across regions including Brazil, the UK, the Gulf of America, Australia and Angola, and also manages rigs owned by third parties. Customers include international oil majors, state-owned oil companies and independent operators. It is headquartered in Houston.
Where it sits in the stack
Valaris has no seat in our index; it belongs to the energy sector, within offshore oil and gas drilling, a sleeve outside the AI build-out that Closelooknet tracks separately from the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the market usually compares it with other offshore drillers such as Transocean.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Valaris carries no index seat and no Closelooknet score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether offshore rig day rates and utilisation shift enough to change how the diary reads the drilling sleeve.

Valaris Ltd (VAL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelooknet company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 36, quality 53, valuation 50) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Susquehanna, 2026-10-05

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for VAL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Susquehanna — target 86 from 80 Target raised to $86 from $80 (+9.7% to spot) 2026-10-05

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 100 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What VAL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 100 m USD 1.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.7% in FY2025 25 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 100 m USD · 49% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Valaris Ltd (VAL)?

Valaris Ltd trades as VAL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is VAL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Valaris Ltd is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Valaris Ltd's Closelooknet composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 36, quality 53 and valuation 50 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VAL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -1.4% vs the 50-day and -0.7% vs the 200-day average, 28.1% below the 52-week high and +75.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Valaris Ltd compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Energy · US), Valaris Ltd (VAL) sits 28.1% below its 52-week high, 1.4% below its 50-day average; Frontline Ltd (FRO) is 3.5% below, Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE) is 8.4% below, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (MGY) is 26.0% below. Put any of them next to VAL in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Valaris Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Valaris Ltd had a beta of −1.00 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 2% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.09% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Valaris Ltd do?

Valaris provides offshore contract drilling services, operating a fleet of drillships, semisubmersible rigs and jackup rigs that oil and gas companies charter to drill wells at sea. It works across regions including Brazil, the UK, the Gulf of America, Australia and Angola, and also manages rigs owned by third parties. Customers include international oil majors, state-owned oil companies and independent operators. Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the market usually compares it with other offshore drillers such as Transocean.

Where does Valaris Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Valaris has no seat in our index; it belongs to the energy sector, within offshore oil and gas drilling, a sleeve outside the AI build-out that Closelooknet tracks separately from the compute stack. Valaris carries no index seat and no Closelooknet score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Valaris Ltd pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Valaris Ltd’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 100 m USD of its own shares, 49% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Valaris Ltd recently?

The most recent analyst action on Valaris Ltd on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Susquehanna on 2026-10-05 (target 86 from 80). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VAL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas Drilling, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.