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Noble (NE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 40.90 (As of Apr. 24, 2024)


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What is Noble Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-24), Noble's share price is $46.05. Noble's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.13. Hence, Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 40.90.

The historical rank and industry rank for Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

NE' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 30.71   Med: 46.33   Max: 345.63
Current: 41.74

During the past 4 years, Noble's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 345.63. The lowest was 30.71. And the median was 46.33.

NE's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
89.17% of 591 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 10.1 vs NE: 41.74

Noble's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.00. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.13.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Noble was 3.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.40% per year.

During the past 4 years, Noble's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.40% per year. The lowest was -9.40% per year. And the median was -9.40% per year.


Noble Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Noble Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Noble Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
- - 34.50 42.43

Noble Quarterly Data
Dec20 Sep21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.50 33.20 37.28 59.66 42.43

Competitive Comparison of Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Noble Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Noble's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=46.05/1.126
=40.90

Noble's Share Price of today is $46.05.
Noble's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.13.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Noble  (NYSE:NE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Noble (NE) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, TX, USA, 77478
Noble Corp PLC is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry that provides contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry with its fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. The company focuses on a high-specification fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of its drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world.
Executives
Noble Corp Plc officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Caroline Alting officer: See Remarks C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Joey M Kawaja officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Blake Denton officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Robert W. Eifler director, officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Richard B. Barker officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Jennie Howard officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD ROAD, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Pacific Investment Management Co Llc 10 percent owner 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Mikkel Ipsen officer: See Remarks C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Kristin Holth director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Claus Hemmingsen director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Alastair Maxwell director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Apmh Invest A/s 10 percent owner ESPLANADEN 50, COPENHAGEN G7 1263
Laura D. Campbell officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Charles M Sledge director 1611 SCENIC MOUNTAIN COURT, KINGWOOD TX 77345