Valaris Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:VAL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
27 Nov 24	BuyUS$36,069,194	John Fredriksen	Individual	734,274	US$54.50
05 Nov 24	SellUS$198,000	Christopher Weber	Individual	4,000	US$49.50
30 Sep 24	SellUS$1,449,994	Matthew Lyne	Individual	26,000	US$55.77
23 Sep 24	BuyUS$32,783,695	John Fredriksen	Individual	571,969	US$60.93
09 Sep 24	SellUS$872,426	Davor Vukadin	Individual	15,403	US$56.64
09 Sep 24	SellUS$1,705,800	Gilles Luca	Individual	30,000	US$56.86

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: VAL insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of VAL?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	36,086	0.0482%
Hedge Funds	4,788,982	6.4%
Individual Insiders	7,131,595	9.53%
Institutions	62,858,758	84%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 79.1% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
11.1%	BlackRock, Inc.	7,887,942	US$329.6m	2.05%	0.01%
9.42%	John Fredriksen	6,696,396	US$279.8m	12.3%	no data
9.08%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	6,454,159	US$269.7m	0.37%	no data
6.73%	Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.	4,788,982	US$200.1m	0%	41.43%
5.11%	Lingotto Investment Management LLP	3,637,207	US$152.0m	2.46%	3.36%
4.41%	FMR LLC	3,139,644	US$131.2m	-30.7%	0.01%
3.68%	Condire Investors, LLC	2,618,678	US$109.4m	34.1%	15.58%
3.66%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	2,604,378	US$108.8m	6.47%	no data
3.23%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2,300,577	US$96.1m	55.5%	0.01%
2.77%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	1,967,828	US$82.2m	326%	0.01%
2.1%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,495,515	US$62.5m	-1.59%	no data
1.85%	Praetorian PR LLC	1,315,000	US$54.9m	38.4%	22.77%
1.72%	UBS Asset Management AG	1,225,767	US$51.2m	712%	no data
1.56%	Fidelity International Ltd	1,109,741	US$46.4m	-4.74%	0.02%
1.47%	KGH Ltd.	1,042,000	US$43.5m	15.5%	2.96%
1.33%	Wellington Management Group LLP	945,508	US$39.5m	-34.6%	0.01%
1.3%	Van Eck Associates Corporation	927,620	US$38.8m	-2.91%	0.04%
1.21%	JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments	857,046	US$35.8m	-1.86%	0.02%
1.15%	Northern Trust Global Investments	818,461	US$34.2m	12.1%	no data
1.14%	Platinum Investment Management Limited	814,110	US$34.0m	-4.96%	1.29%
1.12%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	793,593	US$33.2m	-0.43%	0.01%
1.06%	Waverton Investment Management Limited	756,135	US$31.6m	12.7%	0.35%
1.02%	Voya Investment Management LLC	727,336	US$30.4m	-0.31%	0.03%
1.02%	Norges Bank Investment Management	722,172	US$30.2m	26.6%	no data
0.85%	Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (France)	605,504	US$25.3m	4.23%	0.3%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/22 04:49
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Valaris Limited is covered by 65 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	ABG Sundal Collier
Kristoffer Iden	Arctic Securities ASA
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research