UK companies specializing in contract drilling

Contract drillers provide the rigs and land-based equipment necessary to extract hydrocarbons. Daily rig lease rates and capital expenditure cycles heavily dictate market volatility. Right now, Transocean Ltd. tops both trading volume and price growth. To evaluate these stocks, the underlying table provides key fundamental and technical data.
Symbol
Mkt cap
Price
Chg %
Vol
Rel vol
P/E
EPS dil
TTM
EPS dil growth
TTM YoY
Div yield %
TTM
Sector
Analyst rating
0RR8Baker Hughes Company Class A36.78 B GBP48.12 USD+2.49%15.88 K1.6816.542.19 GBP+0.21%1.84%Industrial services
Buy
0QOWTransocean Ltd.4.52 B GBP5.30 USD+3.31%75.85 K0.4121.170.19 GBP—0.00%Industrial services
Buy
0J4GHelmerich & Payne, Inc.2.68 B GBP35.3 USD−0.23%30.00—−1.06 GBP−323.89%2.77%Industrial services
Neutral
0MO8Sed Energy Holdings PLC402.17 M GBP6.63 NOK+0.45%13.41 K0.517.540.07 GBP+330.28%20.61%Industrial services
Strong buy
0IPTAkastor ASA279.24 M GBP10.78 NOK−11.49%28.41 K1.4019.850.04 GBP—8.93%Industrial services
Strong buy
0ABVOdfjell Technology Ltd.196.25 M GBP59.5 NOK+0.51%370.957.800.60 GBP−8.68%9.76%Industrial services
Strong buy
0RBAArcher Limited134.34 M GBP16.70 NOK−1.76%470.00—−0.08 GBP+81.26%0.00%Industrial services
Strong buy