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Noble Corp plc (NE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Noble Corp plc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Noble Corp plc

Noble Corporation plc is an offshore drilling contractor serving the international oil and gas industry. The company provides contract drilling services using a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units, including drillships, semisubmersibles, and jackup rigs, operating in various regions worldwide. Noble's customers primarily include large integrated, independent, and government-owned oil and gas companies.

Snapshot

Revenue
$3.29B
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.4%
Net income
$216.7M
Diluted EPS
$1.35
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
12.6%
Net margin
6.6%
FCF margin
—
ROE
4.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
44.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$6.73B
Long-term debt / equity
0.43×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Noble

  • Revenue grew 7.4% to $3.3B in FY2025, slower than the 18.1% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 12.6% in FY2025, from a 422.8% operating loss in FY2020.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $720M, down 15.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Net income fell 51.7% to $217M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Noble’s fundamentals sit among the 133 Energy companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin12.6%
60th percentile of 110
Net margin6.6%
53rd percentile of 128
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.4%
61st percentile of 131
ROE4.8%
47th percentile of 104
P/E44.8×
90th percentile of 84
Long-term debt / equity0.43×
50th percentile of 87
Short interest12.10d
98th percentile of 131

Noble’s P/E of 44.8 ranks in the 90th percentile of the 84 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-17
Robert W. EiflerPresident & CEOSell32.9K$45.40$1.5M
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-17
Robert W. EiflerPresident & CEOSell17.1K$45.71$780K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-18
Al J. HirshbergDirectorSell3.5K$52.63$184K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-18
Al J. HirshbergDirectorSell1.5K$52.60$79K
2026-05-12
filed 2026-05-13
Charles M. SledgeDirectorSell724$51.61$37K
2026-05-06
filed 2026-05-07
Blake DentonSVP, Marketing & ContractsSell30.0K$49.31$1.5M
2026-05-05
filed 2026-05-07
Joey M. KawajaSVP, OperationsSell40.0K$49.85$2.0M
2026-04-30
Jennie HowardSVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.Sell2.5K$51.08$127K
2026-04-28
filed 2026-04-30
Caroline AltingSVP, Ops. Excellence & SustSell15.3K$52.75$809K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
14.3M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-2.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
12.10
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-3014.3M-2.6%12.10
2026-09-1514.7M+1.0%12.06
2026-08-3114.5M-2.3%14.03
2026-08-1414.9M-0.9%12.39
2026-07-3115.0M+15.6%7.82
2026-07-1513.0M+19.1%8.96
2026-06-3010.9M+16.5%4.63
2026-06-159.4M+4.5%9.21

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Revenue$3.29B$3.06B$2.59B$1.41B$964.3M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$415.6M$604.0M$574.7M$228.8M$-4.08B
Net income$216.7M$448.4M$481.9M$168.9M$-3.98B
Diluted EPS$1.35$2.96$3.32$1.73$-15.86

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Cash and equivalents$471.4M$247.3M$360.8M$476.2M$365.0M
Current assets$1.27B$1.39B$1.06B$1.05B—
Total assets$7.53B$7.96B$5.51B$5.23B—
Current liabilities$759.7M$940.4M$641.7M$667.1M—
Long-term debt$1.98B$1.98B$586.2M$513.1M—
Total liabilities$2.98B$3.31B$1.59B$1.63B—
Total equity$4.55B$4.65B$3.92B$3.61B$-311.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Operating cash flow$951.7M$655.5M$574.3M$281.0M$273.2M
Capital expenditure—————
Free cash flow—————

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$719.7M-15.2%$-36.7M$-0.23
Q1 FY2026$785.7M-10.2%$120.7M$0.75
Q4 FY2025-17.6%
Q3 FY2025$798.0M-0.3%$-21.1M$-0.13
Q2 FY2025$848.7M22.5%$42.9M$0.27
Q1 FY2025$874.5M37.3%$108.3M$0.67
Q4 FY202444.2%
Q3 FY2024$800.5M14.8%$61.2M$0.40

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorEnergy
SIC industryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1895262

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-28
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10-Q2026-04-27
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8-K2026-07-27
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8-K2026-06-12
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8-K2026-06-01
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8-K2026-06-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.