Drilling Oil & Gas Wells · SIC 1381

Noble Corp plc

NE

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Latest revenue

$785.7M

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

$120.7M

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

15.4%

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

+19.5% / yr 5.8 pts / yr vs S&P 500 141.7% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$52.00
0.65%
Market cap
$8.30B
Enterprise value
$8.30B
P/E (trailing)
38.3×
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
3.8%
52-wk high
$54.98
52-wk low
$23.45
Beta
Shares out
159.5M

5-year trend

What this company does

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PART I Item 1. Business. Overview Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Noble”), is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. We provide contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry with our global fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. We deliver our services through a high-specification fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of our drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world. Noble and its predecessors have been engaged in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells since 1921. As of December 31, 2025, our fleet of 36 drilling rigs consisted of 25…

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Generated from NE's filing dated 2026-02-12

Key risks

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Item 1A. Risk Factors. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Each of these risk factors could affect our business, operating results, and financial condition as well as affect an investment in our shares. The disclosures in this section reflect our beliefs and opinions as to factors that could materially and adversely affect us in the future. References to past events are provided by way of example only and are not intended to be a complete listing or a representation as to whether or not such factors have occurred in the past. Risks Related to Our Business and Operations Our business…

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Profitability

Operating margin

12.6%

36.0%

Net margin

6.6%

55.0%

Return on equity

4.8%

50.6%

Return on assets

2.9%

48.9%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.66×

8.0%

Long-term debt / equity

0.43×

2.0%

Debt / assets

39.6%

4.8%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$785.7M-10.2%$120.7M+11.5%15.4%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$764.4M-17.6%$86.6M-10.4%11.3%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$798.0M-0.3%$-21.1M-134.5%-2.6%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$848.7M+22.5%$42.9M-78.0%5.1%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$874.5M+37.3%$108.3M+13.4%12.4%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$927.3M$96.6M10.4%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$800.5M+14.8%$61.2M-61.3%7.6%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$692.8M+8.5%$195.0M+196.3%28.1%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$22.5M

Net activity

−$22.5M

Distinct insiders

9

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-15

Al J. Hirshberg

Director

Sale3,500$52.63$184.2K
2026-05-15

Al J. Hirshberg

Director

Sale1,500$52.60$78.9K
2026-05-12

Charles M Sledge

Director

Sale724$51.61$37.4K
2026-05-06

Blake Denton

SVP, Marketing & Contracts

Sale30,000$49.31$1.5M
2026-05-05

Joey M Kawaja

SVP, Operations

Sale40,000$49.85$2.0M
2026-04-30

Jennie Howard

SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.

Sale2,486$51.08$127.0K
2026-04-28

Caroline Alting

SVP, Ops. Excellence & Sust

Sale15,340$52.75$809.1K
2026-03-18

Richard B. Barker

EVP and CFO

Sale102,839$46.43$4.8M
2026-03-18

Richard B. Barker

EVP and CFO

Sale47,161$47.07$2.2M
2026-03-18

Robert W. Eifler

President & CEO

Sale72,753$46.43$3.4M
2026-03-18

Robert W. Eifler

President & CEO

Sale27,247$47.11$1.3M
2026-03-02

Blake Denton

SVP, Marketing & Contracts

Sale5,000$44.82$224.1K
2026-03-02

Blake Denton

SVP, Marketing & Contracts

Sale14,334$45.29$649.2K
2026-02-19

Richard B. Barker

EVP and CFO

Sale20,000$42.96$859.2K
2026-02-19

Charles M Sledge

Director

Sale2,083$44.63$93.0K
2026-02-17

Mikkel Ipsen

SVP, Human Resources

Sale3,453$43.56$150.4K
2026-02-17

Blake Denton

SVP, Marketing & Contracts

Sale23,255$43.50$1.0M
2026-02-13

Joey M Kawaja

SVP, Operations

Sale19,725$43.51$858.2K
2026-02-13

Jennie Howard

SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.

Sale6,094$42.00$255.9K
2026-02-13

Caroline Alting

SVP, Ops. Excellence & Sust

Sale4,195$43.60$182.9K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns NE

Institutional value

$3.80B

Total shares held

78.9M

Distinct holders

253

-94 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.19.0M$931.7M+305.2K (+1.6%)Added
2First Eagle Investment Management, LLC13.6M$665.5M+1.4M (+11.2%)Added
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC8.0M$393.0MNew
4DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP6.9M$336.2M+742.1K (+12.1%)Added
5VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC5.7M$278.8MNew
6Capital World Investors2.9M$141.4M+413.4K (+16.7%)Added
7Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC1.8M$90.3M+415.2K (+29.1%)Added
8Avidian Wealth Enterprises, LLC1.3M$63.9M-234.7K (-15.3%)Trimmed
9VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.1.2M$56.8M+94.1K (+8.9%)Added
10UBS Group AG1.1M$55.6M-79.2K (-6.5%)Trimmed
11Hosking Partners LLP1.1M$51.6M-88.4K (-7.8%)Trimmed
12Bank of New York Mellon Corp865.8K$42.5M-8.1K (-0.9%)Trimmed
13Russell Investments Group, Ltd.830.8K$40.8M-80.7K (-8.9%)Trimmed
14VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO816.7K$40.1MNew
15Invesco Ltd.781.5K$38.3M-14.1K (-1.8%)Trimmed
16PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC779.8K$38.3M+181.7K (+30.4%)Added
17CWA Asset Management Group, LLC707.9K$34.7M+544.5K (+333.3%)Added
18EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC555.5K$27.3M+176.0K (+46.4%)Added
19JPMORGAN CHASE & CO535.7K$26.2M+170.2K (+46.6%)Added
20EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A.500.1K$24.5M-47.2K (-8.6%)Trimmed

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

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