Nabors Industries vs Noble
NBR and NE 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 NBR and NE compare
Noble is the larger company, worth 5.2 times as much as Nabors Industries ($7.0B against $1.4B).
Nabors Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.8% versus −13.0% for Noble).
Noble keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.8% compared with −1.2% at Nabors Industries.
Noble pays a dividend yielding 4.6%; Nabors Industries does not pay one.
Nabors Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 6 for Noble), 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 | NBR | NE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.4B | $7.0B |
| Share price | $84.68 | $43.64 |
| Change, 1 year | 74.8% | 47.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 0.95% | 70.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.38 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 14K | 4,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 125× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 2.3× |
| P/B | 2.4× | 1.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.3× (better) | 23.8× |
| P/FCF | 12.2× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | – |
| Fair value | $111.97 | $23.97 |
| Margin of safety | 24.4% (better) | −82.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.8% (better) | −13.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.3% | 27.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −117% | −76.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −148% | −75.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 14.0% (better) | 12.0% |
| Net margin | −1.2% | 1.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | – |
| Return on equity | −6.7% | 1.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9% (better) | 3.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 3.57 | 0.44 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.39 (better) | 4.33 |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× (better) | 2.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.77 (better) | 1.76 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.89 | 2.13 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 602% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.2% | 87.5% |
| Held by insiders | 35.9% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $205K (better) | −$22.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.6% | 8.9% |
Go deeper
- NBR stock overview
- NBR income statement
- NBR valuation and score
- NE stock overview
- NE income statement
- NE valuation and score
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