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Valaris (VAL) guidance and outlook

Valaris' 10-Q filed Nov 3, 2026 makes 15 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 3, 2026

• Inflationary pressures impact our cost base, resulting in increased personnel costs as well as in the prices of goods and services required to operate our rigs or execute capital projects.
• We expect that our costs will continue to rise in the near term, particularly given the higher oil prices and potential impact of increased tariffs on global trade, and although certain of our long-term contracts contain provisions for escalating costs, we cannot predict with certainty our ability to successfully claim recoveries of higher costs from our customers under these contractual stipulations.
• The earnings from ARO backlog with respect to rigs leased from us will be net of, among other things, payments to us under bareboat charters for those rigs.
• Further, given the expected high construction cost and lack of shipyard capacity, we do not believe that current market conditions are supportive of floater newbuild construction.
• Contract drilling expense remained relatively flat compared to the prior year period, primarily due to higher repair and maintenance costs of $67.3 million, largely attributable to various rigs which were undergoing scheduled maintenance and upgrade projects and/or repairs in the current year period, and a $23.0 million increase in insurance expenses primarily to maintain coverage for war-related risks for…
• We expect to fund our short-term liquidity needs, including contractual obligations and anticipated capital expenditures, as well as working capital requirements, from cash and cash equivalents and cash flows from operations.
• We expect to fund our long-term liquidity needs, including contractual obligations and anticipated capital expenditures, from cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, as well as cash which may be received from the distribution of earnings from ARO.
• Based on our current projections, we expect capital expenditures during 2026 to approximate $445.0 million to $470.0 million primarily relating to maintenance and upgrade projects, including contract-specific capital expenditures.
• Our ability to obtain capital for additional projects to implement our growth strategy over the longer term will depend on our future operating performance, restrictions to incur additional debt in the Indenture and the 2028 Credit Agreement, financial condition and, more broadly, on the availability of equity and debt financing.
• Capital availability will be affected by prevailing conditions in our industry, the global economy, the global financial markets and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.
• We expect to receive cash from ARO in the future, both from the maturity of our Notes Receivable from ARO and from the distribution of earnings from ARO.
• We expect to agree to extend the maturity of the Notes Receivable from ARO to facilitate its capital allocation priorities, in particular its newbuild jackup program.

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Inflationary pressures impact our cost base, resulting in increased personnel costs as well as in the prices of goods and services required to operate our rigs or execute capital projects. We expect that our costs will continue to rise in the near term, particularly given the higher oil prices and potential impact of increased tariffs on global trade, and although certain of our long-term contracts contain provisions for escalating costs, we cannot predict with certainty our ability to successfully claim recoveries of higher costs from our customers under these contractual stipulations. The ea

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.