Company Analysis

Seadrill Limited (SDRL)

NYSE: SDRL · Drilling Oil & Gas Wells · Hamilton · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade4.7
◀ Past 3.9● Present 5.0▶ Future 5.2

The grade of Seadrill Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past3.930% of the headline
● Present5.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2018; the latest 2025-03-05.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Seadrill Limited's filings since 2018 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-03-05) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-4.6% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 2 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 11th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Seadrill Limited's 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.1 billion in fiscal 2017 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, down 4.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 57% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 2 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-4.6%bottom 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 23% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak56.6%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 10.2% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 95th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 4 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Seadrill Limited's diluted share count shrank about 10.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 28%: owes 28¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Seadrill Limited lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 28 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 5% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 30% of 11 in its family; net margin -5.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Seadrill Limited's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of -5.4% ranks in the bottom 23%; revenue growth of 12.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.44Bbottom 28% of its family
  • net margin-5.4%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.2%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Seadrill Limited's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ali, Samir H (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-18, 8 months (bottom 7% of its family); most of the 15 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2025-01-02), a floor of 1.9 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 15 peopletop 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Seadrill Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $339 million against debt of $613 million leaves -6.9% of its assets as net cash, top 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1.9% of revenue (bottom 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-6.9%top 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.9%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Seadrill Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.2% a year over the last three filed years against -4.6% over all 7, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 3.8% (top 41%); capital spending grew -13.5% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). Seadrill Limited tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+16.8 points a yeartop 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.8%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-13.5%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Seadrill Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.9% below the $1.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 41% of its family); net income of $77 million against a prior three-year average of $53 million (bottom 23%); a net margin of -5.4% against -4.2% before (top 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.9%top 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-245%bottom 23% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.2 pointstop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SDRL · research, not advice