Seadrill Valuation

Is SDRL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SDRL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SDRL ($40.68) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($304.25)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SDRL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SDRL?

Key metric: As SDRL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SDRL. This is calculated by dividing SDRL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SDRL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.4x
EarningsUS$418.00m
Market CapUS$2.60b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SDRL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SDRL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average6.7x
HP Helmerich & Payne
9.8x-0.2%US$3.3b
VAL Valaris
3.1x-8.7%US$3.3b
NE Noble
11x19.9%US$5.4b
PKDC Parker Drilling
2.9xn/aUS$361.2m
SDRL Seadrill
6.4x-3.6%US$2.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SDRL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.4x) compared to the peer average (6.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SDRL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Energy Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NCSM NCS Multistage Holdings
1.4x-107.5%US$60.82m
BASX.Q Basic Energy Services
n/an/aUS$24.00
No more companies available in this PE range
SDRL 6.4xIndustry Avg. 15.4xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SDRL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.4x) compared to the US Energy Services industry average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SDRL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SDRL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.4x
Fair PE Ratio9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SDRL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SDRL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$40.68
US$54.56
+34.1%
19.6%US$80.00US$42.00n/a9
Nov ’25US$38.82
US$53.75
+38.5%
9.8%US$65.00US$48.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$39.79
US$58.75
+47.7%
9.0%US$70.00US$52.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$43.12
US$63.34
+46.9%
10.9%US$80.00US$57.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$52.99
US$65.17
+23.0%
12.7%US$80.00US$58.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$50.29
US$64.57
+28.4%
12.1%US$80.00US$58.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$51.87
US$64.83
+25.0%
13.3%US$80.00US$57.00n/a6
May ’25US$48.22
US$64.83
+34.5%
13.3%US$80.00US$57.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$50.44
US$61.83
+22.6%
8.5%US$73.00US$57.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$44.30
US$61.17
+38.1%
10.1%US$73.00US$52.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$43.32
US$61.50
+42.0%
11.1%US$75.00US$52.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$47.28
US$62.50
+32.2%
6.9%US$72.00US$60.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$44.32
US$60.75
+37.1%
1.4%US$62.00US$60.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$41.04
US$61.00
+48.6%
1.6%US$62.00US$60.00US$38.824
Oct ’24US$44.79
US$61.00
+36.2%
1.6%US$62.00US$60.00US$39.794
Sep ’24US$50.21
US$58.50
+16.5%
8.5%US$62.00US$50.00US$43.124
Aug ’24US$47.67
US$55.50
+16.4%
10.0%US$62.00US$50.00US$52.994
Jul ’24US$41.27
US$53.00
+28.4%
9.8%US$62.00US$50.00US$50.294
Jun ’24US$36.35
US$53.00
+45.8%
9.8%US$62.00US$50.00US$51.874
May ’24US$36.23
US$53.25
+47.0%
9.5%US$62.00US$50.00US$48.224
Apr ’24US$40.16
US$53.25
+32.6%
9.5%US$62.00US$50.00US$50.444
Mar ’24US$42.72
US$54.33
+27.2%
10.0%US$62.00US$50.00US$44.303
Feb ’24US$44.83
US$54.33
+21.2%
10.0%US$62.00US$50.00US$43.323
Jan ’24US$32.64
US$54.00
+65.4%
14.8%US$62.00US$46.00US$47.282
Dec ’23US$31.81
US$54.00
+69.8%
14.8%US$62.00US$46.00US$44.322

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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