SEADRILL LTD SDRL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP G7997W102
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
- HeadquartersHamilton, Bermuda
- Founded2005
- Websiteseadrill.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($5.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 62.5m as of 2026-08-06, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $37.95. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($5.2m notional), 5 hold puts ($593.8k).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 34 |
| Q1 2023 | 67 |
| Q2 2023 | 102 |
| Q3 2023 | 142 |
| Q4 2023 | 153 |
| Q1 2024 | 181 |
| Q2 2024 | 195 |
| Q3 2024 | 199 |
| Q4 2024 | 200 |
| Q1 2025 | 192 |
| Q2 2025 | 188 |
| Q3 2025 | 206 |
| Q4 2025 | 203 |
| Q1 2026 | 245 |
| Q2 2026 | 238 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 116 | 101 |
| Q4 2024 | 115 | 104 |
| Q1 2025 | 110 | 92 |
| Q2 2025 | 115 | 87 |
| Q3 2025 | 111 | 83 |
| Q4 2025 | 98 | 107 |
| Q1 2026 | 140 | 86 |
| Q2 2026 | 136 | 97 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $16.5m | $1.7m | 0.11 |
| Q4 2025 | $8.7m | $124.6k | 0.01 |
| Q1 2026 | $6.7m | $7.4m | 1.11 |
| Q2 2026 | $5.2m | $593.8k | 0.12 |
Biggest buyers
| FIL Ltd | Added | +1.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +538.5k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +422.7k |
| Webs Creek Capital Management LP | Added | +408.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +360.4k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +310.6k |
| Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC | Added | +187.1k |
| 4D Advisors, LLC | New | +185.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +182.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +181.1k |
Biggest sellers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -1.5m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| CANYON CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -929.1k |
| Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd | Sold out | -319.0k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -282.5k |
| Elliott Investment Management L.P. | Reduced | -279.4k |
| DNB Asset Management AS | Reduced | -230.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -199.7k |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -199.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.9m101.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.1m28.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $219.4k5.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $7.6k200 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $298.8k7.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $211.8k5.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $64.3k1.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $15.1k400 shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $3.8k100 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-16 | 7.3% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2025-01-23 | 5.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Elliott Investment Management L.P. (4.9%, 2026-10-08), CANYON CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC (2.0%, 2026-05-18), Adage Capital Management, L.P. (3.9%, 2026-05-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP (1.0%, 2025-11-12)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $5.4m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-11 | Creed Grant R Executive Vice President & CFO | Sold | $1.5m34.1k shares |
| 2026-06-11 | Wieggers Marcel Senior VP, Operations | Sold | $605.6k13.5k shares |
| 2026-06-10 | Sauer-Petersen Torsten Officer | Sold | $1.9m42.6k shares |
| 2026-06-10 | Strickler Todd D SVP & General Counsel | Sold | $1.4m31.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.5m $207.5m | Added +538.5k |
| Elliott Investment Management L.P. 1.17% of their portfolio | 4.4m $167.9m | Reduced -279.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.6m $137.5m | Added +81.2k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $102.8m | Added +28.4k |
| Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC 5.74% of their portfolio | 2.6m $99.7m | Added +187.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $88.9m | Reduced -1.5m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $82.3m | Added +70.8k |
| Patient Capital Management, LLC 2.45% of their portfolio | 2.0m $73.9m | Reduced -199.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $70.8m | Added +66.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $68.6m | Added +360.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $55.1m | Added +25.0k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $52.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| FIL Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $51.9m | Added +1.3m |
| Webs Creek Capital Management LP 9.35% of their portfolio | 1.3m $49.4m | Added +408.4k |
| Condire Management, LP 5.14% of their portfolio | 1.3m $48.4m | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $43.5m | Reduced -25.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $38.6m | Added +70.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $38.0m | Added +181.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 997.7k $45.4m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP 0.63% of their portfolio | 886.7k $33.5m | Added +19.4k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 859.3k $32.5m | Added +82.3k |
| Sagefield Capital LP 2.40% of their portfolio | 856.5k $32.4m | Added +25.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 793.2k $30.0m | Reduced -163.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 791.8k $29.9m | Reduced -199.7k |
| Hosking Partners LLP 0.89% of their portfolio | 704.5k $26.6m | Reduced -78.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 595.7k $22.5m | Reduced -123.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 592.9k $22.4m | Added +422.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 566.4k $21.4m | Added +22.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 549.5k $20.8m | Added +2.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 522.9k $19.8m | Added +9.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 512.8k $19.4m | Added +125.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 508.9k $19.2m | Added +125.1k |
| ING GROEP NV 0.08% of their portfolio | 434.5k $16.4m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 413.6k $15.6m | Added +1.8k |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 394.6k $14.9m | Reduced -27.7k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 391.2k $14.8m | Added +48.5k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 390.7k $14.8m | Reduced -230.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 386.9k $14.6m | Added +4.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 382.2k $14.5m | Added +29.6k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 357.6k $13.5m | Added +310.6k |
| CANYON CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.43% of their portfolio | 332.6k $12.6m | Reduced -929.1k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 268.8k $10.2m | Added +145.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 267.2k $10.1m | Added +10.8k |
| SIR Capital Management, L.P. 1.13% of their portfolio | 261.0k $9.9m | Reduced -40.8k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 240.9k $9.1m | Added +139.4k |
| 683 Capital Management, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 240.0k $9.1m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM 3.37% of their portfolio | 239.7k $9.1m | Added +20.0k |
| DYMON ASIA CAPITAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1.35% of their portfolio | 222.3k $8.4m | Added +156.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.7k $8.3m | Reduced -1.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.1k $8.3m | Added +93.2k |
| Azarias Capital Management, L.P. 3.48% of their portfolio | 211.3k $8.0m | Added +74.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 210.2k $7.9m | Added +182.3k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 205.8k $7.8m | Reduced -9.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 203.1k $7.7m | Added +22.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 197.6k $7.5m | Added +98.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 190.5k $7.3m | Added +28.1k |
| 4D Advisors, LLC 2.69% of their portfolio | 185.0k $7.0m | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 175.5k $6.6m | New |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 145.0k $5.5m | Added +89.6k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.1k $5.5m | Added +3.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.2k $5.3m | Added +13.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.1k $5.2m | Added +6.9k |
| Dockside LLC 1.21% of their portfolio | 136.2k $5.2m | New |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 133.9k $5.1m | Reduced -131.8k |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 0.81% of their portfolio | 133.2k $5.0m | Added +1.4k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 129.4k $4.9m | Added +94.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.4k $4.7m | Added +8.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.0k $4.4m | Reduced -46.9k |
| Hartree Partners, LP 0.91% of their portfolio | 111.3k $4.2m | Added +4.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.3k $4.2m | Added +38.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.4k $4.1m | New |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.6k $3.9m | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.4k $3.9m | Added +28.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.3k $3.9m | Added +56.1k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 99.6k $3.8m | Added +45.7k |
| Foresight Global Investors, Inc. 2.17% of their portfolio | 94.5k $3.6m | Reduced -66.6k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 92.9k $3.5m | New |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 91.6k $3.5m | Reduced -282.5k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 87.7k $3.3m | Reduced -70.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.1k $3.3m | Added +5.8k |
| Glenorchy Capital Ltd 1.94% of their portfolio | 82.3k $3.1m | Added +846 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.9k $3.1m | Added +12.5k |
| Hara Capital LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 77.4k $2.9m | Added +4.7k |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 1.19% of their portfolio | 76.6k $2.9m | Added +20.3k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.6k $2.7m | Reduced -31.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.0k $2.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.0k $2.6m | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.2k $2.4m | Added +24.1k |
| Tairen Capital Ltd 0.21% of their portfolio | 61.6k $2.3m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.0k $2.2m | Reduced -144.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.8k $2.2m | Reduced -34.7k |
| BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 56.5k $2.1m | New |
| ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 55.4k $2.1m | Added +30.6k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 55.3k $2.1m | Added +45.4k |
| LONESTAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 55.0k $2.1m | Reduced -45.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.2k $2.0m | New |
| KLP KAPITALFORVALTNING AS 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.1k $2.0m | Added +41.1k |
| Pinpoint Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 0.41% of their portfolio | 53.6k $2.0m | Reduced -44.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.4k $2.0m | Added +29.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.8k $2.0m | New |