earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
Valaris Q1 net income $26M, revenue $525M; contract backlog tops $4.0B, up 43% YoY
Valaris Ltd
2024-Q1 EPS reported
$0.35
revenue$525,000,000
- Net income $26M, revenue $525M (up 9% QoQ); fleetwide revenue efficiency 97%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $54M, Adjusted EBITDAR $84M; net income down vs Q4 due to $790M tax benefit in prior quarter.
- New contracts/extensions with backlog >$520M; total backlog >$4.0B, 6th consecutive quarterly increase.
- Floaters segment revenue $324M (+23% QoQ) driven by VALARIS DS-8 reactivation; jackup revenue down 15% due to idle time for contract prep.
- Capital expenditures $151M; cash $509M; company plans to return all future free cash flow to shareholders.