Valaris (VAL) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.72
- Estimate
- $0.18
- Surprise
- +295.4%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.9 → 5.0/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Valaris (VAL) beat the $0.18 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.72 — a large 295.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.9/10) to Hold at 5.0/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VAL Sell at 4.7/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +295.4% surprise compares with a +667.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-28.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: non-U.S. operations (86.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $86.74
- Price target
- $91.30
- Stop
- $80.67
- Upside to target
- +5.3%
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (11.9× forward vs 6.8× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VAL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Drilling
- Market cap
- $6.02B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 6.8
- 52-week range
- $46.70–$114.12
- Off 52-week high
- 24.0%
- RSI (14)
- 49
- Volume vs avg
- 1.22×
- Score today
- 4.7/10