Noble Corporation (NE)

Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling
$41.45 -2.59% on the day Market cap $6.8B 52-week range $26.69 to $54.98 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.8B, Noble Corporation's free cash flow of $432M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 5 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Noble Corporation's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 5 years28.3% a year
Revenue, same period27.8% a year
Price to free cash flow15.8x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NE's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability4
Growth0
Financial health5
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)29.9x
P/E (forward)19.5x
Price / free cash flow15.8x
EV / EBITDA9.31x
Price / sales2.22x
Price / book1.52x
Revenue growth-15.2%
Operating margin11.4%
Net margin4.9%
Return on equity3.3%
Dividend yield4.6%
Debt / equity0.61x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Noble Corporation's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20202022202320242025
Revenue$964M$1.4B$2.6B$3.1B$3.3B
Net income-$4.0B$169M$482M$448M$217M
Free cash flow$124M$107M$165M$80M$432M
EPS (diluted)-$15.86$1.73$3.32$2.96$1.35
Operating margin-422.8%16.2%22.2%19.8%12.6%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Contract drilling services$3.1B95%
Reimbursables and other$178M5%

Superinvestors who own NE

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Added $521M0.87%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $35M0.01%Q2 2026
Robert Robotti
Robotti & Company
Held $5M0.88%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $3M0.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Noble Corporation's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of NE in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Noble Corporation's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.8B, Noble Corporation would need its free cash flow to grow about 2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 5 years its free cash flow grew 28% a year.

Are Noble Corporation insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of NE in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Noble Corporation?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NE in their latest 13F, including Jean-Marie Eveillard, Cliff Asness, Robert Robotti.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.