Noble vs Transocean
NE and RIG side by side, both in oil and gas field services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NE and RIG compare
Noble and Transocean are about the same size, with market caps of $7.8B and $7.8B.
Noble keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.9% compared with −40.2% at Transocean.
Noble pays a dividend yielding 4.1%; Transocean does not pay one.
Noble scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 4 for Transocean), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | NE | RIG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.8B | $7.8B |
| Share price | $49.00 | $6.94 |
| Change, 1 year | 67.1% | 81.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 75.3% | 93.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 1.22 |
| Employees | 4,500 | 5,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 51.6× | – |
| P/S | 2.5× | 1.9× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.5× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 8.6× |
| FCF yield | – | 11.7% |
| Fair value | $22.16 | $6.04 |
| Margin of safety | −121% | −14.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −11.1% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 27.8% (better) | 4.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −51.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −51.0% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 41.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% (better) | −24.2% |
| Net margin | 4.9% (better) | −40.2% |
| FCF margin | – | 22.0% |
| Return on equity | 3.3% (better) | −18.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.3% (better) | −5.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.42 (better) | 0.61 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.11 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.2× (better) | −1.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.91 (better) | 1.59 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.42 (better) | 0.13 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.1% | – |
| Payout ratio | 216% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.1% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.5% | 90.0% |
| Held by insiders | 20.0% | 19.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$22.9M | $13.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.2% | 33.1% |
Go deeper
- NE stock overview
- NE income statement
- NE valuation and score
- RIG stock overview
- RIG income statement
- RIG valuation and score
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