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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) is one of the 10 Best Stocks to Buy Under $10. On June 11, S&P Global Ratings upgraded Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) from ’CCC+’ to ’B-’ and removed the company from CreditWatch positive.

The ratings agency pointed to improving leverage and liquidity after the company reduced its debt and secured new contracts. S&P Global Ratings also assigned Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) a positive outlook.

Since February 2026, the company has added more than $1.6 billion to its backlog. Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) has about $5.1 billion of debt principal remaining. At the end of 2024, the company had forecasted that it would reduce its debt to $6 billion by the end of 2026. This means the company is already more than $900 million ahead of schedule in its efforts to reduce debt and strengthen the balance sheet.

S&P Global Ratings expects Transocean Ltd.’s (NYSE:RIG) funds from operations to debt ratio to improve to between 15% and 18% over the next two years.

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) is an international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company specializes in technically demanding sectors of the global offshore drilling business with a strong focus on ultra-deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. The company operates the world’s highest specification floating offshore drilling fleet.

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