VALARIS LTD VAL
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP G9460G101 · ISIN BMG9460G1015
UK-based energy company
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
- HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
- Founded1987
- Websitevalaris.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 ($6.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 71.2m as of 2025-07-24, 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 ≈ $42.13. Options: 25 managers hold calls ($103.3m notional), 22 hold puts ($141.6m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 191 |
| Q4 2022 | 229 |
| Q1 2023 | 250 |
| Q2 2023 | 236 |
| Q3 2023 | 292 |
| Q4 2023 | 287 |
| Q1 2024 | 295 |
| Q2 2024 | 294 |
| Q3 2024 | 307 |
| Q4 2024 | 317 |
| Q1 2025 | 319 |
| Q2 2025 | 323 |
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 2023 | 182 | 100 |
| Q4 2023 | 127 | 153 |
| Q1 2024 | 150 | 137 |
| Q2 2024 | 153 | 128 |
| Q3 2024 | 183 | 127 |
| Q4 2024 | 187 | 144 |
| Q1 2025 | 173 | 147 |
| Q2 2025 | 189 | 144 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $88.9m | $68.2m | 0.77 |
| Q4 2024 | $80.6m | $79.2m | 0.98 |
| Q1 2025 | $81.2m | $125.6m | 1.55 |
| Q2 2025 | $103.3m | $141.6m | 1.37 |
Biggest buyers
| HRTG GPE, LLC | New | +1.8m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +565.9k |
| Dalal Street, LLC | Added | +456.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | +439.4k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | New | +338.0k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | New | +312.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +303.5k |
| Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC | Added | +261.1k |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | +256.5k |
| Moerus Capital Management LLC | Added | +241.2k |
Biggest sellers
| Condire Management, LP | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Praetorian PR LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD | Reduced | -1.1m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -725.1k |
| MANGROVE PARTNERS IM, LLC | Sold out | -394.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -385.3k |
| DNB Asset Management AS | Sold out | -354.0k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -345.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -310.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $14.7m348.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $12.6m299.2k shares |
| Arvin Capital Management LP | Unchanged | $10.5m250.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $8.4m200.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.5m178.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $6.3m149.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.1m121.6k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $4.8m114.5k shares |
| Glenorchy Capital Ltd | Unchanged | $4.7m110.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $4.2m100.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $33.5m794.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $27.8m659.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $11.3m268.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.1m241.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $8.9m210.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $8.1m192.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $5.9m139.3k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $5.6m132.0k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $4.5m106.5k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $4.3m101.8k 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 |
|---|---|
Transocean Ltd.
13D · may seek influence
new · filed 2026-02-13
Stated purposeOn February 9, 2026, the Reporting Person and Valaris Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Bermuda ("Valaris") (the Reporting Person and Valaris, collectively, the "Parties" and each, a "Party"), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the "Agreement") providing for the combination of the two Parties. Pursuant to the Agreement, and on the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the Reporting Person will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 each, of Valaris (the "Valaris Shares") in exchange for Shares, at an exchange ratio of 15.235 Shares for each Valaris Share. In connection with the execution of the Agreement, the Reporting Person entered into Support Agreements (the "Support Agreements") with cert… Full filing |
18.1% |
Famatown Finance Ltd
13D · may seek influence
+0.7 pts · filed 2026-02-11
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby supplemented as follows: On February 9, 2026, the Issuer and Transocean Ltd., a Swiss corporation ("Transocean"), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the "Business Combination Agreement"), which provides for, among other things, the acquisition by Transocean of all of the Issuer's issued and outstanding Common Shares (the "Valaris Shares") in exchange for shares, par value $0.10 per share, of Transocean (the "Transocean Shares"), at an exchange ratio of 15.235 Transocean Shares for each Valaris Share. On February 9, 2026, in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Reporting Persons entered into a Support Agreement with Transocean (the "Support Agreement"), which provides, among other things,… Full filing |
11.2% |
| Exor N.V. 13G · passive investor new · filed 2025-01-13 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: OAK HILL ADVISORS LP (4.4%, 2026-08-12), Lingotto Investment Management LLP (3.5%, 2026-08-10), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $377.6k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $4.0m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $198.0k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $254.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.0m $335.1m | Added +71.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.1m $256.6m | Reduced -310.0k |
| OAK HILL ADVISORS LP 50.59% of their portfolio | 4.8m $201.8m | Added +3.0k |
| Lingotto Investment Management LLP 3.31% of their portfolio | 3.7m $153.9m | Added +38.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.8m $117.8m | Added +37.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $107.4m | Reduced -41.2k |
| Dalal Street, LLC 29.21% of their portfolio | 1.9m $79.3m | Added +456.2k |
| HRTG GPE, LLC 9.23% of their portfolio | 1.8m $77.7m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $67.1m | Added +52.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $55.4m | Reduced -385.3k |
| Condire Management, LP 7.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $48.8m | Reduced -1.7m |
| PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 3.22% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.4m | Reduced -1.1m |
| FIL Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $45.4m | Added +84.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $44.7m | Reduced -71.3k |
| W1M Investment Management Ltd 0.56% of their portfolio | 959.9k $40.4m | Reduced -171.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 849.7k $35.8m | Added +35.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 846.5k $35.6m | Added +83.9k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 838.7k $35.3m | Reduced -38.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 742.7k $31.3m | Reduced -1.2m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 730.4k $30.8m | Added +303.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 726.5k $30.6m | Reduced -725.1k |
| Moerus Capital Management LLC 12.72% of their portfolio | 707.7k $29.8m | Added +241.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 681.1k $28.7m | Added +565.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 630.0k $26.5m | Added +39.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 625.5k $26.3m | Added +219.5k |
| THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC 5.09% of their portfolio | 585.9k $24.7m | Added +16.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 544.9k $22.9m | Reduced -24.6k |
| Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG 0.48% of their portfolio | 535.9k $22.6m | Added +175.0k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.36% of their portfolio | 530.0k $22.3m | Reduced -65.5k |
| VALUEWORKS LLC 6.61% of their portfolio | 476.6k $20.1m | Added +76.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 476.4k $20.1m | Reduced -108.4k |
| WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 459.1k $19.3m | Unchanged |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 2.26% of their portfolio | 445.0k $18.7m | Reduced -215.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 439.4k $18.5m | New |
| Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC 2.78% of their portfolio | 432.0k $18.2m | Added +261.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 421.5k $17.7m | Reduced -300.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 413.0k $17.4m | Reduced -162.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 338.0k $14.2m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 322.4k $13.6m | Reduced -208.6k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 312.0k $13.1m | New |
| FINDELL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 6.19% of their portfolio | 300.0k $12.6m | Reduced -60.0k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 256.5k $10.8m | New |
| Hosking Partners LLP 0.42% of their portfolio | 247.9k $10.4m | Reduced -281 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 243.0k $10.2m | Added +208.3k |
| Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd 0.56% of their portfolio | 235.8k $9.9m | New |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 219.8k $9.3m | Reduced -6.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 219.1k $9.2m | Added +17.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.5k $9.1m | Added +68.8k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 215.6k $9.1m | Added +202.4k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.4k $8.3m | Reduced -44.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.5k $8.2m | Added +95.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.3k $8.0m | Added +32.7k |
| Hara Capital LLC 4.52% of their portfolio | 173.4k $7.3m | Added +39.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.2k $6.8m | Added +97.6k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 161.9k $6.8m | New |
| Panview Capital Ltd 2.08% of their portfolio | 155.0k $6.5m | New |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.6k $6.4m | Reduced -9.8k |
| BRIGHTLIGHT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.52% of their portfolio | 151.5k $6.4m | Unchanged |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.3k $6.3m | Added +62.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.9k $6.3m | Reduced -2.1k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 143.4k $7.0m | Added +10.2k |
| Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 133.4k $5.6m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 130.8k $5.5m | Added +1.2k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 130.7k $5.5m | Added +75.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.1k $5.1m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 2.37% of their portfolio | 121.4k $5.1m | Added +6.1k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 121.1k $5.1m | New |
| SHAH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.99% of their portfolio | 120.5k $5.1m | Unchanged |
| Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd. 0.74% of their portfolio | 118.2k $5.0m | Added +1.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.0k $4.8m | Added +4.2k |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 98.3k $4.1m | Added +3.9k |
| Kerrisdale Advisers, LLC 2.14% of their portfolio | 97.3k $4.1m | Unchanged |
| Marex Group Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 92.3k $3.9m | Reduced -144.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.9k $3.7m | Added +71.2k |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 86.1k $3.6m | Added +3.4k |
| Maxi Investments CY Ltd 0.60% of their portfolio | 84.0k $3.5m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.7k $3.4m | Added +4.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 81.0k $3.4m | New |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.9k $3.4m | Added +279 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.5k $3.2m | Added +18.9k |
| Lane Generational LLC 2.82% of their portfolio | 71.9k $3.0m | Reduced -1.4k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 71.8k $3.0m | Reduced -416 |
| Soviero Asset Management, LP 2.16% of their portfolio | 70.0k $2.9m | Added +7.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.0k $2.9m | Reduced -464 |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 0.24% of their portfolio | 67.8k $2.9m | Reduced -345.7k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 67.6k $2.8m | Reduced -29.6k |
| Old West Investment Management, LLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 67.6k $2.8m | Added +714 |
| Amitell Capital Pte Ltd 1.56% of their portfolio | 65.8k $2.8m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.4k $2.5m | Added +724 |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.8k $2.5m | Added +38.2k |
| De Lisle Partners LLP 0.35% of their portfolio | 58.3k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| Main Street Financial Solutions, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 56.9k $2.4m | Added +7.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.8k $2.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Rye Brook Capital LLC 2.42% of their portfolio | 55.1k $2.3m | Added +5.2k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.4k $2.3m | Added +7.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.7k $2.3m | Added +48.5k |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 0.37% of their portfolio | 52.5k $2.2m | Unchanged |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.6k $2.1m | Added +47.7k |
| Kestra Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 49.8k $2.0m | Added +2.2k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 48.3k $2.0m | Reduced -16.8k |