Valaris (VAL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.66
- Estimate
- $1.06
- Surprise
- -37.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.3 → 4.5/10
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) missed the $1.06 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.66 — a large 37.9% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.3/10) to Sell at 4.5/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Coverage in the report window
- Valaris Q3 EPS $0.66 Misses $1.13 Estimate, Sales $593.600M Beat $573.725M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-02
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VAL Sell at 4.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -37.9% surprise compares with a +609.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
- Positive momentum
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
- $94.69
- Stop
- $88.06
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (14.2× forward vs 7.9× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-03 — 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
- $6.58B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 7.9
- 52-week range
- $48.09–$114.12
- Off 52-week high
- 17.0%
- RSI (14)
- 62
- Volume vs avg
- 1.43×
- Score today
- 4.5/10