Seadrill Limited (SDRL) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.24: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Seadrill is an offshore drilling contractor operating 10 active drillships and semi-submersible rigs (15 total units), providing deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling services to oil and gas companies globally on dayrate contracts. Top four customers—Petrobras (36%), Sonadrill... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.24: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 50d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Seadrill Limited
Latest news
- NEWS Elliott Investment Management Trust Increases Stake In Digital Realty To 1,500,000 Shares; HDFC Bank To 797,085 Shares; — benzinga May 15, 2026
- NEWS Seadrill Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $1.400B-$1.450B to $1.430B-$1.480B vs $1.430B Est — benzinga May 11, 2026 positive
- NEWS Earnings Scheduled For May 11, 2026 — benzinga May 11, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Seadrill Q1 EPS $(0.11) Beats $(0.23) Estimate, Sales $358.000M Beat $325.801M Estimate — benzinga May 11, 2026 positive
- NEWS Barclays Upgrades Seadrill to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $59 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerPetrobras36%10-K Item 1: 'Petrobras| 36 | %| | 18 | %| | 16 | %'
- MEDIUMCustomerSonadrill22%10-K Item 1: 'Sonadrill| 22 | %| | 22 | %| | 17 | %'
- LOWCustomerTalos11%10-K Item 1: 'Talos| 11 | %| | 2 | %| | 7 | %'
- LOWCustomerLLOG10%10-K Item 1: 'LLOG| 10 | %| | 9 | %| | 9 | %'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-18Item 5.02MEDIUMSamir Ali appointed President and CEO effective March 12, 2026, replacing Simon Johnson immediately. Ali previously served as EVP Chief Commercial Officer since August 2022. Annual base salary set at $750,000; successor named.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $42.24: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $40.75. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $49.09 (+16.3% upside). Prior stop was $40.75. Stop-loss: $40.75.
Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0).
Seadrill Limited trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 12.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover SDRL with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $56.
What does Seadrill Limited do?Seadrill is an offshore drilling contractor operating 10 active drillships and semi-submersible rigs (15 total units),...
Seadrill is an offshore drilling contractor operating 10 active drillships and semi-submersible rigs (15 total units), providing deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling services to oil and gas companies globally on dayrate contracts. Top four customers—Petrobras (36%), Sonadrill (22%), Talos (11%), and LLOG (10%)—accounted for 79% of 2025 total operating revenues.