Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) vs Seadrill Limited (SDRL)

Nabors Industries Ltd. and Seadrill Limited are both Oil & Gas Drilling companies. Seadrill Limited is the larger, with a market value of $2.6B against $1.1B — 2.4× the size. Seadrill Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.1% against 4.42%. Seadrill Limited has the higher net margin (−1.13% vs −1.78%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.81% vs 2.38%). Across the 20 metrics below, Seadrill Limited leads on 12 and Nabors Industries Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.32 1.60 1.19
P/B 2.45 0.91 1.24
Price to free cash flow 26.40 70.96 14.65
EV/EBITDA 2.26 6.56 6.73
EV/Sales 0.90 1.75 2.12
Earnings yield (3.08%) (0.70%) (0.70%)
Free cash flow yield 3.79% 1.41% 3.79%

Profitability

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Gross margin 38.38% 0.00% 33.60%
Operating margin 8.40% 8.58% 8.58%
Net margin (1.78%) (1.13%) (0.52%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 7.20% 6.98%
Return on equity (8.57%) (0.63%) (0.79%)
Return on assets (1.26%) (0.44%) (0.45%)
Return on invested capital 2.38% 2.81% 2.81%

Growth

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.42% 17.08% 3.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 177.74% (119.47%) (46.88%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.51% 6.29% 13.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Debt to equity 2.04 0.26 0.59
Current ratio 1.77 2.18 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 1.10 0.87 0.90

Dividend

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric NBR SDRL Oil & Gas Drilling median
Market cap 1.08b 2.56b 3.61b

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