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Company snapshot — Valaris Ltd

VAL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook tracks separately from the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned it a peer group; the market usually compares it with other offshore drillers such as Transocean.
Why Closelook tracks it
Valaris carries no index seat and no Closelook 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 Closelook company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 34, quality 52, valuation 49) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

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 Closelook universe.

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

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 1.7% 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.

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 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −5.7% week · −2.3% month · +14.1% quarter · +11.4% 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 → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Valaris Ltd (VAL)?

Valaris Ltd trades as VAL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is VAL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Valaris Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Valaris Ltd's Closelook composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 34, quality 52 and valuation 49 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VAL trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.2% vs the 50-day and +1.7% vs the 200-day average, 27.5% below the 52-week high and +77.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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. Closelook 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 Closelook tracks separately from the compute stack. Valaris carries no index seat and no Closelook 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 does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Drilling, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.