Transocean Ltd (NYSE: RIG) has seen a rise in its stock price by 1.75 in relation to its previous close of 2.29. However, the company has experienced a 2.19% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-25 that RIG is expected to have earned higher revenues than the year-ago level. Despite this revenue growth, it is likely to have faced increased costs and expenses during the first quarter.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for RIG is 2.54. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 rating it as “overweight,” 8 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for RIG is 736.15M and currently, short sellers hold a 17.04% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of RIG on April 28, 2025 was 38.74M shares.
RIG’s Market Performance
RIG stock saw a decrease of 2.19% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -27.64% and a quarterly a decrease of -39.48%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.22%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 9.37% for Transocean Ltd (RIG). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.99% for RIG’s stock, with a -42.04% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of RIG
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for RIG stocks, with Evercore ISI repeating the rating for RIG by listing it as a “In-line.” The predicted price for RIG in the upcoming period, according to Evercore ISI is $5 based on the research report published on January 15, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see RIG reach a price target of $4.50. The rating they have provided for RIG stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on December 18th, 2024.
JP Morgan gave a rating of “Neutral” to RIG, setting the target price at $5 in the report published on December 06th of the previous year.
RIG Trading at -18.71% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought RIG to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -63.48% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 9.37%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.22%, as shares sank -29.39% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -37.37% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, RIG rose by +2.19%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -53.49% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $2.45. In addition, Transocean Ltd saw -37.87% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at RIG starting from Mackenzie Roderick James, who sale 22,000 shares at the price of $2.23 back on Apr 11 ’25. After this action, Mackenzie Roderick James now owns 362,841 shares of Transocean Ltd, valued at $49,060 using the latest closing price.
RODERICK J MACKENZIE, the Officer of Transocean Ltd, proposed sale 44,000 shares at $2.17 during a trade that took place back on Apr 11 ’25, which means that RODERICK J MACKENZIE is holding shares at $95,480 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for RIG
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.12 for the present operating margin
- 0.79 for the gross margin
The net margin for Transocean Ltd stands at -0.15. The total capital return value is set at -0.02. Equity return is now at value -4.95, with -2.58 for asset returns.
Based on Transocean Ltd (RIG), the company’s capital structure generated 0.4 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.06. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.67. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -1.15.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 582.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 10.21. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.27. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.25for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.47.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Transocean Ltd (RIG) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
