Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling

Seadrill Limited SDRL

$45.79 +4.42% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.74B

Expensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.03, down 97.5% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 1526.3× trailing earnings, higher than 93% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 63 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth49Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Quality13Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 19%
  • Gross marginBottom 39%
  • Operating marginBottom 40%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 1%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 8%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
  • Interest coverBottom 35%
Value20Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 29%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 14%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 43%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 5%
Momentum64Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 23%
  • 6-month returnTop 45%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 47%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 37%
Revisions17Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 31%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 8%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 45%
Stability31Weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 23%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 29%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)8.3%12.3%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-120.4%-97.5%↑
Gross margin12.0%25.0%↑
Operating margin5.0%9.3%↑
FCF margin-9.4%-17.1%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)12.3%8.3%↑Top 48%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-97.5%-120.4%↑Bottom 14%
Gross margin25.0%12.0%↑Bottom 39%
Operating margin9.3%5.0%↑Bottom 40%
Net margin0.1%5.7%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-17.1%-9.4%↓—
Return on invested capital0.2%—Bottom 19%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR15.4%—Top 18%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
-2.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
4.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+20.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.10×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.00%
Share count change, 1 year
-4.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-9.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-10.5%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.2%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$55.00
Target vs current price
+20.1%
Analysts with a rating
37
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
22%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 10, 2026+62.1%+8.1%+11.0%+13.5%—
May 11, 2026-10.0%+3.4%+9.1%-5.9%-14.1%
Feb 25, 2026+71.4%+0.0%-5.0%-0.2%+19.1%
Nov 5, 2025-165.4%-0.1%+0.2%+6.0%+23.9%
Aug 6, 2025-200.0%-0.5%-3.2%+10.0%+2.5%
May 12, 2025-157.3%+2.5%+1.2%+13.0%+23.9%
Feb 26, 2025+552.9%-2.2%-17.8%-10.8%-17.4%
Nov 12, 2024+600.0%-1.9%+1.0%-3.0%-18.2%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 10, 2026$0.47$0.29+62.1%$449.0M
May 11, 2026-$0.11-$0.10-10.0%$358.0M
Feb 25, 2026$0.12$0.07+71.4%$362.0M
Nov 5, 2025-$0.17$0.26-165.4%$363.0M
Aug 6, 2025-$0.68$0.68-200.0%$377.0M
May 12, 2025-$0.23$0.40-157.3%$335.0M
Feb 26, 2025$1.54-$0.34+552.9%$289.0M
Nov 12, 2024$0.49$0.07+600.0%$354.0M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)1526.3×7.9×93thBottom 29%
P/E (forward)58.0×———
EV / EBITDA8.7×——Top 44%
EV / Sales2.07×——Top 43%
Free-cash-flow yield-9.48%——Bottom 14%
Earnings yield0.07%——Bottom 29%

P/E over the past five years

Range 0.4× – 52.8× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+46.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-97.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+665.7%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
63
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.8%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-1.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+4.9%
RSI (14)
47.5
Relative volume
1.49×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
41.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
55th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.84
Correlation with S&P 500
0.30
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-16.4%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-66.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jul 25, 2024Apr 10, 2025-66.1%178 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 1, 2023Mar 17, 2023-23.4%31 days80 days (Jul 13, 2023)
Sep 1, 2023Nov 7, 2023-21.6%46 days97 days (Mar 28, 2024)
Nov 1, 2022Dec 9, 2022-13.9%27 days20 days (Jan 10, 2023)
Apr 3, 2024Jun 14, 2024-11.2%51 days19 days (Jul 15, 2024)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$2.74B
P/E (TTM)
1,526.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.03
Revenue (TTM)
$1.52B
52-week range
$28.10 – $55.47
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$907.0M$936.0M$1.47B$1.39B$1.44B
Gross profit-$38.0M$281.0M$565.0M$293.0M$173.0M
Operating income-$156.0M$72.0M$329.0M$412.0M$70.0M
Net income-$587.0M$3.91B$300.0M$446.0M-$77.0M
EPS (diluted)-$5.85$73.32$4.05$6.37-$1.24
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$354.0M$289.0M$335.0M$377.0M$352.0M$362.0M$358.0M$449.0M
Net income$32.0M$101.0M-$14.0M-$42.0M-$11.0M-$10.0M-$7.0M$29.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.49$1.60-$0.23-$0.65-$0.17-$0.16-$0.11$0.47
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$154.0M$9.0M$287.0M$88.0M-$28.0M
Capital expenditure-$29.0M-$149.0M-$101.0M-$157.0M-$110.0M
Free cash flow-$183.0M-$140.0M$186.0M-$69.0M-$138.0M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$0$0-$263.0M-$532.0M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$337.0M
Total assets
$4.11B
Total liabilities
$1.24B
Total debt
$737.0M
Net debt
$400.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$2.86B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 4, 2014$0.00Sep 18, 2014
Jun 10, 2014$0.00Jun 19, 2014
Mar 5, 2014$0.00Mar 20, 2014
Dec 3, 2013$0.00Dec 20, 2013
Sep 5, 2013$0.00Sep 20, 2013
Jun 5, 2013$0.00Jun 20, 2013
May 6, 2013$0.00—
Dec 4, 2012$0.01Dec 21, 2012

Short interest

Shares sold short
4,820,037
Days to cover
7.55
Change vs previous report
+3.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jul 3, 2018
100-for-26,777