Noble Energy Company Profile (NYSE:NBL)

About Noble Energy

Noble Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) exploration and production. The Company's portfolio is diversified between short-term and long-term projects, domestic and international and a balanced production mix among crude oil, natural gas and NGLs. The Company operates in over seven core areas, including the DJ Basin (onshore United States), the Marcellus Shale (onshore United States), Eagle Ford Shale (onshore United States), Permian Basin (onshore United States), the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (offshore United States), offshore West Africa and offshore Eastern Mediterranean. Its sanctioned projects include DJ Basin (onshore United States), Marcellus Shale (onshore United States), Eagle Ford Shale (onshore United States), Permian Basin (onshore United States), Gunflint (deepwater Gulf of Mexico) and Tamar Southwest (offshore Israel). Its proved reserves are approximately 1,420 million barrels oil equivalent.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Oils/Energy
Industry: Independent Oil & Gas
Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: NBL
CUSIP: 65504410

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $33.62
50 Day Moving Average: $34.88
200 Day Moving Average: $34.88
52-Week Range: $23.77 - $39.85
Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
Foreward P/E Ratio: -53.37
P/E Growth: 8.69
Market Cap: $14.14B
Outstanding Shares: 430,000,000
Beta: 1.47

Profitability:

Net Margins: -90.52%
Return on Equity: -2.16%
Return on Assets: -0.96%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.81%
Current Ratio: 1.59%
Quick Ratio: 1.59%

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Consensus Ratings for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating, 5 Hold Ratings, 21 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 2.74)
Consensus Price Target:	$40.24 (19.68% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/26/2016	Nomura	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$17.00
9/15/2016	Johnson Rice	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$19.00 -> $21.00
7/18/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/17/2016	Barclays PLC	Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/10/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/7/2016	Citigroup Inc.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy
7/6/2016	Wunderlich	Boost Price Target	Buy	$44.00 -> $45.00
6/22/2016	Credit Agricole SA	Initiated Coverage	Outperform
6/8/2016	Piper Jaffray Cos.	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$48.00
6/8/2016	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy	$37.00 -> $45.00
6/8/2016	Simmons	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$48.00
6/7/2016	Seaport Global Securities	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$36.00 -> $45.00
6/2/2016	Credit Suisse Group AG	Reiterated Rating	Buy
5/25/2016	Sterne Agee CRT	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$35.33 -> $47.00
5/5/2016	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Upgrade	Underweight -> Overweight
5/5/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$43.00 -> $45.00
5/4/2016	Bank of America Corp.	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$45.00
4/7/2016	Jefferies Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$38.00
3/28/2016	Tudor Pickering	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold
3/3/2016	Argus	Lower Price Target	Buy	$20.00 -> $11.00
2/3/2016	GMP Securities	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$39.00
1/19/2016	KLR Group	Lower Price Target		$60.00 -> $52.00
12/15/2015	Scotiabank	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform
12/14/2015	Howard Weil	Downgrade	Sector Outperform -> Sector Perform
12/8/2015	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.	Reiterated Rating	Underweight
11/30/2015	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
11/4/2015	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target		$40.00 -> $45.00
11/3/2015	Macquarie	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$36.00 -> $38.00
10/27/2015	Cowen and Company	Reiterated Rating	Top Pick	$52.00
7/2/2015	Atlantic Securities	Downgrade	Overweight -> Neutral	$55.00 -> $48.00
6/30/2015	Societe Generale	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy
6/2/2015	Evercore Partners Inc.	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$51.00
6/2/2015	Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/1/2015	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$51.00
5/19/2015	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$54.00 -> $55.00
4/17/2015	Wolfe Research	Upgrade	Peer Perform -> Outperform

(Data available from 9/27/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/31/2016
8/3/2016	Q216	($0.29)	($0.24)	$909.36 million	$847.00 million	View	N/A
5/4/2016	Q116	($0.57)	($0.53)	$800.78 million	$724.00 million	View	N/A
2/17/2016	Q415	($0.04)	$0.44	$1.04 billion	$846.00 million	View	Listen
11/2/2015	Q315	($0.15)	($0.21)	$962.20 million	$801.00 million	View	N/A
8/3/2015	Q215	$0.06	$0.26	$885.93 million	$730.00 million	View	N/A
5/5/2015	Q115	$0.02	$0.03	$905.75 million	$759.00 million	View	N/A
2/19/2015	Q414	$0.41	$0.38	$1.30 billion	$1.07 billion	View	N/A
10/28/2014	Q314	$0.54	$0.28	$1.34 billion	$1.27 billion	View	N/A
7/24/2014	Q214	$0.77	$0.87	$1.39 billion	$1.38 billion	View	N/A
4/24/2014	Q114	$0.75	$0.82	$1.32 billion	$1.38 billion	View	N/A
2/6/2014	Q413	$0.92	$0.50	$1.31 billion	$1.33 billion	View	N/A
10/24/2013	Q313	$0.95	$0.97	$1.37 billion	$1.39 billion	View	N/A
7/25/2013	Q2 2013	$0.74	$0.69	$1.19 billion	$1.15 billion	View	N/A
4/25/2013	Q1 2013	$1.25	$1.48	$1.09 billion	$1.14 billion	View	N/A
2/7/2013	Q4 2012	$1.15	$1.54	$1.14 billion	$1.17 billion	View	N/A
10/25/2012		$1.04	$0.93			View	N/A
7/26/2012		$1.03	$0.77			View	N/A
4/26/2012		$1.40	$1.75			View	N/A
2/9/2012		$1.16	$1.18			View	N/A
10/20/2011		$1.01	$1.24			View	N/A
7/28/2011		$1.32	$1.44			View	N/A
4/28/2011		$1.14	$1.35			View	N/A
2/10/2011		$1.01	$1.04			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $-1.1 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $-0.63 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	6	($0.67)	($0.21)	($0.46)
Q2 2016	5	($0.35)	($0.23)	($0.29)
Q3 2016	6	($0.32)	($0.10)	($0.23)
Q4 2016	6	($0.21)	($0.06)	($0.15)
Q1 2017	4	($0.29)	($0.15)	($0.23)
Q2 2017	4	($0.28)	($0.18)	($0.25)
Q3 2017	4	($0.28)	($0.12)	($0.22)
Q4 2017	4	($0.25)	($0.02)	($0.17)
Q1 2018	1	($0.12)	($0.12)	($0.12)
Q2 2018	1	($0.12)	($0.12)	($0.12)

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Current Dividend Information for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Annual Dividend:	$0.40
Dividend Yield:	1.19%
Dividend Growth:	16.50% (3 Year Average)
Payout Ratio:	-5.88% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) -36.36% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate) -63.49% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)
Track Record:	4 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth

Dividend History for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/26/2016	quarterly	$0.10	1.15%	8/4/2016	8/8/2016	8/22/2016
4/25/2016	quarterly	$0.10	1.1%	5/5/2016	5/9/2016	5/23/2016
1/26/2016	quarterly	$0.10	2.41%	2/4/2016	2/8/2016	2/22/2016
10/20/2015	quarterly	$0.18	2.01%	10/29/2015	11/2/2015	11/16/2015
7/21/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.95%	7/30/2015	8/3/2015	8/17/2015
4/27/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.44%	5/7/2015	5/11/2015	5/26/2015
1/27/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.56%	2/5/2015	2/9/2015	2/23/2015
10/21/2014	quarterly	$0.18	1.26%	10/31/2014	11/4/2014	11/17/2014
7/22/2014	quarterly	$0.18	0.97%	7/31/2014	8/4/2014	8/18/2014
4/21/2014	quarterly	$0.18	0.97%	5/1/2014	5/5/2014	5/19/2014
1/28/2014	quarterly	$0.14	0.89%	2/6/2014	2/10/2014	2/24/2014
10/22/2013	quarterly	$0.14	0.75%	10/31/2013	11/4/2013	11/18/2013
7/23/2013	quarterly	$0.14	0.87%	8/1/2013	8/5/2013	8/19/2013
4/22/2013	quarterly	$0.28	1.01%	5/2/2013	5/6/2013	5/20/2013
1/28/2013	quarterly	$0.25	0.92%	2/7/2013	2/11/2013	2/25/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 2.17%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 93.83%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
9/14/2016	Jeffrey L Berenson	Director	Sell	10,000	$34.05	$340,500.00
6/24/2016	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	12,000	$35.09	$421,080.00
3/28/2016	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	12,000	$29.69	$356,280.00
3/7/2016	Michael A Cawley	Director	Sell	7,000	$32.35	$226,450.00
1/28/2016	Kleef William T. Van	Director	Sell	7,366	$31.37	$231,071.42
1/6/2016	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	12,000	$31.69	$380,280.00
12/4/2015	Molly K Williamson	Director	Buy	2,456	$34.07	$83,675.92
11/5/2015	Kleef William T. Van	Director	Sell	22,400	$37.99	$850,976.00
11/5/2015	Michael W. Putnam	VP	Sell	5,984	$37.43	$223,981.12
11/4/2015	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	14,000	$37.84	$529,760.00
8/14/2015	Eric P Grubman	Director	Buy	10,000	$36.37	$363,700.00
1/29/2015	Susan M Cunningham	VP	Sell	31,160	$46.42	$1,446,447.20
1/16/2015	Michael A Cawley	Director	Sell	19,300	$45.14	$871,202.00
1/5/2015	Michael A Cawley	Director	Sell	700	$45.73	$32,011.00
12/19/2014	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	12,000	$51.19	$614,280.00
9/24/2014	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	13,000	$70.42	$915,460.00
6/23/2014	Charles D Davidson	CEO	Sell	53,338	$79.50	$4,240,371.00
6/17/2014	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	9,000	$76.02	$684,180.00
6/12/2014	Charles D Davidson	CEO	Sell	104,010	$76.03	$7,907,880.30
6/11/2014	Gary W Willingham	VP	Sell	14,432	$75.00	$1,082,400.00
4/29/2014	Michael Putnam	VP	Sell	3,224	$72.51	$233,772.24
4/28/2014	Rodney Cook	VP	Sell	79,154	$72.28	$5,721,251.12
4/23/2014	J. Keith Elliott	VP	Sell	6,000	$75.07	$450,420.00
4/23/2014	Kleef William Van	Director	Sell	10,000	$75.00	$750,000.00
2/24/2014	Kleef William Van	Director	Sell	10,000	$70.00	$700,000.00
1/30/2014	Susan Cunningham	VP	Sell	34,188	$63.19	$2,160,339.72
12/11/2013	Michael Cawley	Director	Sell	20,000	$69.49	$1,389,800.00
12/3/2013	J. Keith Elliott	VP	Sell	19,434	$69.80	$1,356,493.20
10/31/2013	Ted D Brown	VP	Sell	13,807	$76.01	$1,049,470.07
10/30/2013	John T Lewis	VP	Sell	4,700	$75.83	$356,401.00
10/16/2013	Arnold J Johnson	VP	Sell	7,000	$69.50	$486,500.00
10/16/2013	Charles D Davidson	CEO	Sell	15,600	$69.50	$1,084,200.00
9/18/2013	Charles Davidson	CEO	Sell	28,015	$67.50	$1,891,012.50
9/18/2013	Thomas Edelman	Director	Sell	8,000	$67.77	$542,160.00
9/12/2013	Rodney Cook	VP	Sell	5,000	$67.00	$335,000.00
9/10/2013	David L Stover	COO	Sell	8,000	$65.00	$520,000.00
9/9/2013	Rodney D Cook	VP	Sell	5,000	$64.00	$320,000.00
9/6/2013	Arnold J Johnson	VP	Sell	13,078	$63.50	$830,453.00
9/6/2013	Charles D Davidson	CEO	Sell	38,254	$63.75	$2,438,692.50
9/4/2013	David Stover	COO	Sell	8,000	$62.50	$500,000.00
6/19/2013	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	8,000	$60.53	$484,240.00
5/17/2013	Andrea Lee Robison	VP	Sell	11,968	$120.00	$1,436,160.00
5/17/2013	Charles D Davidson	CEO	Sell	38,254	$119.00	$4,552,226.00
5/17/2013	David L Stover	COO	Sell	11,160	$120.00	$1,339,200.00
3/22/2013	Thomas J Edelman	Director	Sell	10,600	$114.16	$1,210,096.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)

Date	Headline
	Investors in Israeli Natural Gas Agree to Supply Deal With Jordan - Wall Street Journal (NYSE:NBL) www.wsj.com - September 27 at 10:56 AM
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	Israel-US consortium signs $10 bn gas deal with Jordan (NYSE:NBL) uk.finance.yahoo.com - September 26 at 6:24 PM
	Noble Energy Executes Leviathan Gas Sales Contract With the National Electric Power Company of Jordan - GlobeNewswire (press release) (NYSE:NBL) www.globenewswire.com - September 26 at 11:02 AM
	7:01 am Noble Energy executes a gas sales and purchase agreement to supply natural gas from the Leviathan field to the National Electric Power Company Ltd of Jordan for consumption in power production facilities (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 26 at 11:02 AM
	Noble Energy Executes Leviathan Gas Sales Contract With the National Electric Power Company of Jordan (NYSE:NBL) www.publicnow.com - September 26 at 11:02 AM
	Israel's Leviathan natgas partners sign export deal with Jordan (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 26 at 11:02 AM
	Israel's Leviathan gas to supply Jordan in $10 bln deal (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 26 at 11:02 AM
	Noble Energy Breaks Below 200-Day Moving Average - Notable for NBL (NYSE:NBL) www.nasdaq.com - September 24 at 10:45 AM
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	Noble Energy Will Host Its Third Quarter 2016 Results Webcast on November 2nd (NYSE:NBL) www.publicnow.com - September 23 at 11:00 AM
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	Noble Midstream Partners LP Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Common Units (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 20 at 11:35 AM
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	BRIEF-Noble Energy, Marathon Oil weighing bids for Silver Hill Energy Partners - Bloomberg, citing source (NYSE:NBL) feeds.reuters.com - September 15 at 6:18 PM
	RPT-Noble Midstream Partners prices IPO at $22.50/shr, above indicated range - source (NYSE:NBL) feeds.reuters.com - September 15 at 12:46 PM
	RPT-UPDATE 1-Noble Midstream Partners prices IPO at $22.50/shr, above indicated range (NYSE:NBL) feeds.reuters.com - September 15 at 12:46 PM
	Noble's MLP prices IPO higher than expected, to begin trading (NYSE:NBL) www.bizjournals.com - September 15 at 9:48 AM
	Noble Midstream Prices IPO Above Earlier Expectations (NYSE:NBL) www.midstreambusiness.com - September 15 at 9:47 AM
	Noble Midstream Partners prices IPO at $22.50 per share, above indicated range (NYSE:NBL) www.reuters.com - September 15 at 9:47 AM
	What Investors Need to Know About the Noble Midstream Partners IPO (NYSE:NBL) www.fool.com - September 15 at 9:47 AM
	Noble Midstream Partners LP Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 14 at 6:27 PM
	Noble Midstream Raises $281 Million in Year’s First MLP IPO (NYSE:NBL) finance.yahoo.com - September 14 at 6:27 PM
	Noble Energy, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : NBL-US : September 14, 2016 (NYSE:NBL) www.capitalcube.com - September 14 at 10:36 AM
	Offshore Drillers Ensco, Noble Energy in Tuesday’s 52-Week Low Club (NYSE:NBL) feedproxy.google.com - September 13 at 4:51 PM
	Strong Sponsor Support to Drive Noble Midstream Partners’ Growth (NYSE:NBL) marketrealist.com - September 12 at 10:57 AM
	Noble Midstream Partners to Go Public (NYSE:NBL) marketrealist.com - September 9 at 6:01 PM
	The Sell-side Consensus is in on Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE:NBL); Earnings & Target Updates (NYSE:NBL) www.nationaldailypress.com - September 9 at 6:01 PM
	Noble Energy Looks to IPO Midstream Assets for a Second Time (NYSE:NBL) www.oilandgas360.com - September 8 at 6:06 PM
	Noble Energy's IPO for Colorado midstream assets is back on (NYSE:NBL) www.9news.com - September 8 at 10:09 AM
	Noble Midstream expects to raise up to $263M in IPO (NYSE:NBL) seekingalpha.com - September 7 at 9:54 AM
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