Valaris Earnings Report
Equity trades at a discount to largest peers and recent market transactions
148%
Equity Performance Since Valaris Listing 1
Rig Name
Recent Market Transactions for Drillships
Buyer
Shipyard
Price
91%
84%
72%
SAMSUNG
S
Crete
Stena Drilling SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
$320 million
CARE, INNOVATION & PERFORMANCE
13%
Santorini
Valaris
Noble
Diamond
Transocean
Seadrill
5
SAMSUNG
5
SAIPEM
$305 million
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Implied Steel Value per Ultra-Deepwater Equivalent Rig ($M)
407
SAMSUNG
2,3,4
Dorado
Eldorado
Drilling
$305 million
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Aquila
LIQUILA
VENTURES
DSME
$275 million
254
241
230
207
Transocean
Noble
VALARIS
Seadrill
Diamond
Valaris
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Recent market transactions for drillships have averaged
~$300 million (including an estimated $75 million of
reactivation costs per rig) - approx. 1.4x the implied steel
value Valaris is currently trading at for similar assets
Source: FactSet as of April 26, 2023; Fearnley Securities; Company filings
1 Equity performance since Valaris listing on May 3, 2021, except for Diamond and Seadrill, which relisted on March 29, 2022, and April 28, 2022, respectively.
2 Steel values calculated using market value of equity, book value of debt, underfunded pension liabilities, newbuild capital commitments and NPV of reactivation costs, less cash and NPV of backlog
3 Valaris steel value per UDW equivalent rig attributes $403M to ARO Drilling based on the principal value of the shareholder note receivable
4 Number of ultra-deepwater equivalent rigs per Fearnley Securities research report dated April 26, 2023; 5 Purchase price calculated as 2 x $15M lease payments, plus $200M purchase price
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