Valaris Ltd’s recent filing unveils that its President & CEO Dibowitz Anton acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.25 million on Mar 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $33.91 per share,7,500 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Dibowitz Anton now holds 250,401 shares worth roughly $11.79 million.
Then, Weber Christopher T sold 4,000 shares, generating $198,000 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $49.50, the SVP – CFO now owns 52,236 shares.
Before that, Weber Christopher T bought 4,000 shares. Valaris Ltd shares valued at $197,869 were divested by the Officer at a price of $49.47 per share.
Evercore ISI downgraded its Valaris Ltd [VAL] rating to an In-line from a an Outperform in a research note published on January 15, 2025; the price target was decreased to $59 from $87. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “an Overweight” to “an Equal weight”. Citigroup also remained covering VAL and has decreased its forecast on December 09, 2024 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. JP Morgan started covering the stock on December 06, 2024. It rated VAL as “an Underweight”.
Price Performance Review of VAL
On Friday, Valaris Ltd [NYSE:VAL] saw its stock jump 0.17% to $47.08. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.98%. Valaris Ltd shares have fallen nearly -24.65% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 6.42% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Valaris Ltd?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Valaris Ltd stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -1.36 million shares to a total of 8.98 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 10.35 million shares. There was a decline of -15.15%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
