Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) vs Valaris Limited (VAL)

Nabors Industries Ltd. and Valaris Limited are both Oil & Gas Drilling companies. Valaris Limited is the larger, with a market value of $5.4B against $1.1B — 5.0× the size. Nabors Industries Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Valaris Limited trades at 6.8×. Nabors Industries Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.42% against −11.6%. Valaris Limited has the higher net margin (37.4% vs −1.78%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.13% vs 2.38%). Across the 19 metrics below, Valaris Limited leads on 10 and Nabors Industries Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
P/E n/m 6.80 —
P/S 0.32 2.54 1.19
P/B 2.45 1.66 1.24
Price to free cash flow 26.40 n/m 14.65
EV/EBITDA 2.26 23.16 6.73
EV/Sales 0.90 3.98 2.12
Earnings yield (3.08%) 14.71% (0.70%)
Free cash flow yield 3.79% (1.89%) 3.79%

Profitability

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Gross margin 38.38% 24.16% 33.60%
Operating margin 8.40% 8.98% 8.58%
Net margin (1.78%) 37.35% (0.52%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (4.80%) 6.98%
Return on equity (8.57%) 27.89% (0.79%)
Return on assets (1.26%) 15.76% (0.45%)
Return on invested capital 2.38% 3.13% 2.81%

Growth

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.42% (11.61%) 3.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 177.74% 172.18% (46.88%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.51% 10.67% 13.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Debt to equity 2.04 0.33 0.59
Current ratio 1.77 1.64 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 1.10 0.78 0.90

Dividend

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric NBR VAL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Market cap 1.08b 5.37b 3.61b

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