Transocean Ltd vs Seadrill Ltd

Transocean Ltd (RIG) is slightly undervalued and Seadrill Ltd (SDRL) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, RIG trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +7%, against -389% for SDRL.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Transocean Ltd (RIG)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.6% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $5.92; the price of $5.49 is 7% below that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

Seadrill Ltd (SDRL)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $9.58; the price of $46.85 is 389% above that value, and 70% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricRIGSDRL
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$5.49$46.85
Intrinsic value$5.92$9.58
Margin of safety+7%-389%
Leak Score0/100 (2/12)0/100 (3/12)
Market cap$6.1B$2.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years4.7%6.3%
Operating margin22.6%9.3%
Net margin-40.2%0.1%
Return on equity-18.7%0.0%
Debt to equity0.610.26
P/E2739.8x
Forward P/E19.8x13.3x
P/B0.7x1.0x

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