Not a good buy right now for an impatient buyer: price (~4.95 pre-market) is stretched/overbought and already above key resistance and above recent Wall St. price targets.
Momentum is bullish, but risk/reward at this level is unfavorable (RSI extreme + near R2).
Net: Hold/avoid chasing at the open; buying here is more likely to lead to immediate pullback than quick upside continuation.
Technical Analysis
Trend: Bullish structure (SMA_5 > SMA_20 > SMA_200) and MACD histogram positive and expanding (0.0278) → uptrend intact.
Overbought: RSI_6 = 90.239 → very overbought; odds favor a near-term pause/pullback rather than clean continuation.
Levels: Pivot 4.58. Price is above R1 (4.853) and approaching R2 (5.022). Buying into/near R2 typically offers poor immediate upside.
Pattern-based forward odds: modest/flat bias (next day -0.29%, next week +0.49%, next month -0.17%) → not supportive of a “must-buy-now” entry.
Options Data
Bullish
Open Interest Put-Call Ratio
Bullish
Option Volume Put-Call Ratio
Positioning/Sentiment: Very call-heavy open interest and volume (PCRs 0.16 and 0.15) → bullish sentiment.
Volatility setup: IV percentile 6 / IV rank 9.88 → implied vol is relatively low vs its own history (options comparatively “cheap”).
Activity: Today’s volume vs 30d avg = 10.75x and today’s OI vs avg = 100.32x → notable attention/positioning, but after a strong run this can also coincide with late-stage chasing.
Technical Summary
Sell
4
Buy
10
Positive Catalysts
Sector/contracting tone: Recent analyst commentary notes offshore drillers sounding “more positive” on calls due to new contract signings.
Industry event: Noble sold five jackup rigs to Borr ($360M) — for Borr, this can expand fleet/capacity and potential future revenue opportunities if utilization and dayrates cooperate.
Financial momentum (latest reported quarter) shows strong YoY earnings growth, supporting the bull case if dayrates remain firm.
Neutral/Negative Catalysts
→ elevated probability of near-term pullback.
sit well under ~4.95, implying limited Street-endorsed upside from here.
Net income: $27.8M, +186.60% YoY (strong profitability improvement).
EPS: $0.10, +150.00% YoY (earnings acceleration).
Gross margin: 85.2, -14.80% YoY (margin compression vs last year — watch cost/contract mix and sustainability of profit gains).
Growth
Profitability
Efficiency
Analyst Ratings and Price Target Trends
Recent trend: Ratings turned more constructive.
2025-11-10: SEB Equities upgraded to Buy from Sell; PT $3.60.
2025-11-14: Citi kept Neutral; raised PT to $3.75 from $3.25, citing improving tone/new contracts but flagging crude-price risk.
Wall Street pros: Improving industry tone and contract signings; at least one upgrade to Buy.
Wall Street cons: Caution around crude prices and dayrates; and importantly, both cited price targets are below the current trading price, suggesting the stock has run ahead of analysts’ base cases.
Influential buying/selling: No recent Congress trading data available; insiders neutral (no significant recent trend).
Wall Street analysts forecast BORR stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BORR is 4.1 USD with a low forecast of 3.6 USD and a high forecast of 4.6 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
3 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast BORR stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BORR is 4.1 USD with a low forecast of 3.6 USD and a high forecast of 4.6 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
1 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 4.940
Low
3.6
Averages
4.1
High
4.6
Current: 4.940
Low
3.6
Averages
4.1
High
4.6
Citi
Scott Gruber
Neutral
maintain
AI Analysis
2025-11-14
Reason
Citi
Scott Gruber
Price Target
AI Analysis
2025-11-14
maintain
Neutral
Reason
Citi analyst Scott Gruber raised the firm's price target on Borr Drilling to $3.75 from $3.25 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm says the offshore drillers have become "noticeably more positive" on recent calls due to new contract signings. However, low crude prices could still delay any inflection and could weigh on rates, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
SEB Equities
Sell -> Buy
upgrade
$3.60
2025-11-10
Reason
SEB Equities
Price Target
$3.60
2025-11-10
upgrade
Sell -> Buy
Reason
SEB Equities upgraded Borr Drilling to Buy from Sell with a $3.60 price target.
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