Energy
Noble Corporation Plc(NE)
Live Price
Offline$46.98
+3.46% today
1Y Change
+54.91%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $8.06B
- Revenue Growth
- +7.4%
- EPS Growth
- -54.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.9%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Noble Corporation Plc (NE) is a Energy stock with a market cap of $8.06B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $46.98 and up 54.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.4%, EPS growth of -54.8%, a dividend yield of 4.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.4%, EPS -54.8%, free cash flow +439.1% with operating margin 16.8% and ROIC 5.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.9%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 35.0 and price/sales 2.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines NE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Energy peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+7.4% vs +11.2% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+16.8% vs +8.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
35.0 vs 7.9 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 27, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +7.4% and EPS is at -54.8%, with operating margin around 16.8%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 4.9%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 27, 2026 | โ | -4.9% | -5.0% | -6.7% |
2026 Feb 11, 2026 | -40.0% | -3.4% | +2.9% | +3.7% |
2025 Oct 27, 2025 | -26.1% | -1.5% | -1.9% | -0.8% |
Benchmark Edge
NE vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
NE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NE Max Drawdown
-23.34%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NE and SPY.
Company Overview
Noble Corporation Plc
New York Stock Exchange
Noble Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company provides contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry through its fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. As of February 16, 2022, it operated a fleet of 20 offshore drilling units, which included 12 floaters and 8 jackups. The company was formerly known as Noble Holding Corporation plc. Noble Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.
- Leadership
- Robert W. Eifler
- IPO Date
- Jun 9, 2021
- Employees
- 5.0k
- Street Address
- 13135 Dairy Ashford
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77478
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 281 276 6100
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 35.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.4
- Price/Sales
- 2.5
- Price/Book
- 1.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +7.4%
- EPS
- -54.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +439.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 22.4%
- Operating Margin
- 16.8%
- Net Margin
- 7.2%
- ROE
- 5.0%
- ROIC
- 5.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.42
- Current Ratio
- 1.99
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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