Nabors Industries Valuation

Is NBR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NBR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NBR ($79.59) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($327.26)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NBR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NBR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

NBR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA4.4x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does NBR's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for NBR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.5x
VTDR.F Vantage Drilling International
2.1xn/aUS$349.0m
PKDC Parker Drilling
0.6xn/aUS$301.0m
SDRL Seadrill
1.7x7.2%US$2.6b
VAL Valaris
1.6x11.0%US$3.6b
NBR Nabors Industries
0.3x9.3%US$804.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: NBR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the peer average (1.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NBR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Energy Services Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a17.4%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: NBR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the US Energy Services industry average (0.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NBR's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NBR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.3x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: NBR is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NBR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$79.59
US$87.44
+9.9%
14.4%US$115.00US$75.00n/a9
Nov ’25US$72.01
US$87.11
+21.0%
14.6%US$115.00US$75.00n/a9
Oct ’25US$68.83
US$93.44
+35.8%
17.8%US$115.00US$75.00n/a9
Sep ’25US$75.37
US$103.78
+37.7%
16.1%US$140.00US$79.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$93.35
US$100.89
+8.1%
17.6%US$140.00US$79.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$70.06
US$101.89
+45.4%
19.3%US$150.00US$79.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$74.76
US$104.67
+40.0%
18.6%US$150.00US$79.00n/a9
May ’25US$70.99
US$104.78
+47.6%
18.5%US$150.00US$79.00n/a9
Apr ’25US$87.16
US$107.33
+23.1%
15.5%US$150.00US$88.00n/a9
Mar ’25US$81.63
US$107.33
+31.5%
15.5%US$150.00US$88.00n/a9
Feb ’25US$82.49
US$112.89
+36.9%
17.9%US$160.00US$88.00n/a9
Jan ’25US$81.63
US$122.60
+50.2%
18.8%US$165.00US$88.00n/a10
Dec ’24US$87.31
US$131.20
+50.3%
15.2%US$165.00US$100.00n/a10
Nov ’24US$95.44
US$132.40
+38.7%
14.3%US$165.00US$110.00US$72.0110
Oct ’24US$123.14
US$138.90
+12.8%
10.5%US$161.00US$112.00US$68.8310
Sep ’24US$121.14
US$139.60
+15.2%
11.3%US$168.00US$112.00US$75.3710
Aug ’24US$119.97
US$140.20
+16.9%
11.0%US$168.00US$112.00US$93.3510
Jul ’24US$93.03
US$149.89
+61.1%
30.7%US$262.00US$91.00US$70.069
Jun ’24US$87.56
US$153.11
+74.9%
28.4%US$262.00US$110.00US$74.769
May ’24US$97.84
US$170.89
+74.7%
31.2%US$262.00US$110.00US$70.999
Apr ’24US$121.91
US$209.33
+71.7%
17.8%US$287.00US$155.00US$87.169
Mar ’24US$153.76
US$209.33
+36.1%
17.8%US$287.00US$155.00US$81.639
Feb ’24US$176.27
US$200.67
+13.8%
17.0%US$287.00US$155.00US$82.499
Jan ’24US$154.87
US$187.89
+21.3%
16.3%US$252.00US$140.00US$81.639
Dec ’23US$155.46
US$186.22
+19.8%
17.3%US$252.00US$140.00US$87.319
Nov ’23US$171.67
US$183.33
+6.8%
17.7%US$243.00US$138.00US$95.449

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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