NYSE:NE - Noble Stock Price, Price Target & More

Noble trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NE."

Noble Co. PLC (NYSE:NE) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas company reported ($0.55) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.57) by $0.02. The oil and gas company had revenue of $235.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $228.45 million. Noble had a negative return on equity of 6.29% and a negative net margin of 32.20%. Noble's revenue was down 35.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.17) earnings per share. View Noble's Earnings History.

Noble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Noble.

16 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Noble's shares. Their predictions range from $2.00 to $6.00. On average, they anticipate Noble's stock price to reach $4.5643 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Noble.

Noble saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 46,958,051 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the May 15th total of 49,642,785 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,439,587 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Approximately 19.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Noble's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Noble include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Ensco (ESV), Ocean Rig UDW (ORIG), Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO), Nabors Industries (NBR), Rowan Companies (RDC), Precision Drilling (PDS), Baytex Energy (BTE), Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP), Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Key Energy Services (KEG), Seadrill Partners (SDLP), Seadrill (SDRL), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD) and Western Energy Services (WEEEF).

Media stories about NE stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Noble earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the oil and gas company an impact score of 45.71 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Noble's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.54%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.79%), Contrarius Investment Management Ltd (2.66%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.35%), Van ECK Associates Corp (1.75%) and D.C. Capital Advisors Ltd (1.22%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Noble.

NE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, American International Group Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Legal & General Group Plc, SG Americas Securities LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Penn Capital Management Co. Inc. and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Noble.

NE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, D.C. Capital Advisors Ltd, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, Saba Capital Management L.P. and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Noble.

Shares of NE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.72.

Noble has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-516,510,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.14) on an earnings per share basis. Noble employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

Noble's mailing address is Devonshire House 1 Mayfair Place, London X0, W1J8AJ. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 44-20-3300-2300 or via email at [email protected]