Noble Corporation PLC

NE Energy Oil & Gas Drilling

Noble Corporation PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.3 billion, up 7.45% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−8.68%
EPS
−463.9%
Free cash flow
−116.8%
Total debt
−4.46%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

40.27 0.76 −1.85%
Market cap
$6.4B
P/E
116×
Fwd P/E
−169×
Dividend yield
4.97%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.66
Beneish M
−2.85
Dividend safety
38/100

Noble Corporation PLC (NE) Return on equity

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Noble Corporation PLC's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.22%, down 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.71%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −237.7% (fiscal 2020) to 59.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Oil & Gas Drilling industry median of −0.79% and below the Energy sector median of 7.54%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 4.71% (5.75)
FY2024 10.5% (2.34)
FY2023 12.8% 6.18
FY2022 6.62% (52.61)
FY2021 59.2% 296.92
FY2020 −237.7% (220.84)
FY2019 −16.9% (0.16)
FY2018 −16.7% (8.37)
FY2017 −8.32% 5.07
FY2016 −13.4% (20.34)

Against its own ten years

Low −237.7% High 59.2%
Ten-year median 4.71%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
VAL Valaris Limited compare 27.9%
RIG Transocean Ltd. compare 3.53%
NE Noble Corporation PLC 1.22%
SDRL Seadrill Limited compare −0.63%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. compare −0.79%
HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. compare −4.95%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. compare −8.57%
BORR Borr Drilling Limited compare −24.7%
SOC Sable Offshore Corp. compare −103.2%
Oil & Gas Drilling industry median −0.79%
Energy sector median 7.54%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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