NYSE: VAL · Oil & Gas Drilling

Valaris (VAL) stock sentiment

Over the past week, Valaris (VAL) racked up 1 mention across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more cautious, with 0 of 9 analysts rating VAL a buy.

Tracked discussion on VAL is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.

Wall Street vs the crowd on VAL

Wall Street’s 0% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 0% to News at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.

Analyst ratings

Hold
Buy 0
Hold 8
Sell 1
Avg target $67.43

9 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 0 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $67.43.

9 analysts0% buy share

Crowd sentiment

Hold
Crowd bullish 50%
Spread 100 pts
Most bullish News 100%
Most bearish X 0%

The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week VAL carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.

2 sourcesWide divergence

Who is bullish on VAL

100pt spread
Wall St
0%
News
100%
X
0%
Wall Street (analyst buy share)Crowd average 50%

The crowd runs 50 points hotter than the 0% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while X sits at 0%, a 100-point spread that single-source trackers miss.

Why VAL reads Hold

Hold 0.0
Bullish Average
Average sentiment is exactly 50% bullish, right on the neutral line.
0.0
Trend
Momentum is balanced: 0 up, 0 down, 2 flat.
0.0
Buzz
Discussion intensity is 11.5, well below the usual midpoint.
-2.0
Source Breadth
This signal is based on 2 tracked sources.
0.0
Consensus
1 bullish source and 1 bearish source keep the score from getting a consensus bonus.
0.0
This window holds fewer than 10 tracked mentions, too small a sample to carry a buy or sell reading, so the contributions above are set aside and the score is held at zero.

Valaris (VAL) buzz score vs. EOD price

Over the 30-day window, Valaris (VAL) buzz held subdued around 23.0 while the price drifted down 6.1% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 1.3M shares. Updated Sep 26, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, VAL lost 3.6%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 26.2 and was relatively stable, swinging between 23.0 and 30.1. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 10 of the 12 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.

How each source saw VAL this week

Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.

Reddit signal

No Reddit data for this stock this week.

X 7-day signal

Open source page
Buzz 0.0
Bullish 0%
Mentions 0
Trend Stable
0 tweets7-day sentiment 0.0
Bullish 0%Neutral 100%Bearish 0%
@TheProfInvestor · 30-day context Bullish 0.75
“You're entering the week with bullish look on: $XLE $XOP $MPC $RIG $PBF $VLO $HP $VAL $NESR $SLB”
♥ 87↻ 4👁 15K views

News 7-day signal

Open source page
Buzz 23.0
Bullish 100%
Mentions 1
Trend Stable
11 publishers · 30-day context7-day sentiment +0.3
Bullish 100%Neutral 0%Bearish 0%
Seeking Alpha · 30-day context Bullish 0.3
“Valaris/Transocean deal spread narrows on report DOJ to clear transaction early The deal spread in Transocean's (RIG) $5.8 billion all-stoc…” Led by MarketBeat and Yahoo Finance.

Polymarket signal

No Polymarket data for this stock this week.

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Valaris (VAL) at a glance

This week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Sep 26, 2026.

Adanos signalHold
Analyst consensusHold (0 / 8 / 1)
Crowd bullish (7d)50%
Avg price target$67.43
Most bullish sourceNews, 100%
Most bearish sourceX, 0%
Sentiment spread100 pts
Mentions (7d)1
Market cap$5.68B
P/E · Forward P/E6.2 · 29.1
EPS · Beta$13.14 · 0.9
Revenue (TTM)$2.14B · 44% margin
IndustryOil & Gas Drilling

Valaris (VAL) stock sentiment FAQ

Is Valaris (VAL) a buy or sell right now?

Adanos will not call Valaris (VAL) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 1 tracked mention across 2 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.

Is Valaris (VAL) bullish or bearish right now?

There is not enough tracked discussion on Valaris (VAL) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 1 tracked mention across 2 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 0 of 9 analysts rate VAL a buy.

What do analysts say about Valaris (VAL)?

Of the 9 analysts covering Valaris (VAL), 0 rate it a buy, 8 a hold and 1 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $67.43. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 50%.

What is the sentiment on VAL stock?

Valaris (VAL) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 1 mention across 2 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.

Why does VAL carry a hold signal right now?

Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Valaris (VAL) drew 1 tracked mention in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.

What is driving Valaris (VAL) sentiment right now?

News is the dominant discussion channel with 1 mention (100% of total volume). There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from.

What does the Adanos hold signal mean for Valaris (VAL)?

The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. VAL's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.

How fresh is this VAL sentiment data?

The VAL sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.

Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.

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