Noble Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 3/6

Noble is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 6.93% that is well covered by earnings.

Key information

6.9%

Dividend yield

6.9%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield13.9%
Future Dividend Yield10.5%
Dividend Growth71.6%
Next dividend pay daten/a
Ex dividend daten/a
Dividend per shareUS$2.000
Payout ratio49%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Noble Corporation: Production Backlog And Capital Return Promising, Yet Low Visibility On Earnings Past 2025

Nov 08

Noble Corporation: Strong Quarter But Muted Near-Term Outlook - Buy

Aug 21

Noble Corporation: The Post Acquisition Outlook

Jul 16

Should You Be Adding Noble (NYSE:NE) To Your Watchlist Today?

Jul 15
Should You Be Adding Noble (NYSE:NE) To Your Watchlist Today?

Is There An Opportunity With Noble Corporation plc's (NYSE:NE) 50% Undervaluation?

Jun 22
Is There An Opportunity With Noble Corporation plc's (NYSE:NE) 50% Undervaluation?

Noble Corporation And Diamond Offshore Drilling: A Sensible Marriage

Jun 10

We Think Noble (NYSE:NE) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

May 11
We Think Noble (NYSE:NE) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

Fewer Investors Than Expected Jumping On Noble Corporation plc (NYSE:NE)

Apr 20
Fewer Investors Than Expected Jumping On Noble Corporation plc (NYSE:NE)

Here's Why We Think Noble (NYSE:NE) Is Well Worth Watching

Mar 30
Here's Why We Think Noble (NYSE:NE) Is Well Worth Watching

Noble (NYSE:NE) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Feb 07
Noble (NYSE:NE) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Noble Corporation: Quality Backlogs With Room To Grow

Feb 05

Should You Be Adding Noble (NYSE:NE) To Your Watchlist Today?

Dec 15
Should You Be Adding Noble (NYSE:NE) To Your Watchlist Today?

Noble Corporation: Strong Quarter, Raised Guidance, Undemanding Valuation - Buy

Nov 16

Noble Corporation Can Rise Further As Offshore Rig Capacity Remains Scarce

Oct 17

Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) Shares Could Be 50% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Oct 10
Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) Shares Could Be 50% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

With EPS Growth And More, Noble (NYSE:NE) Makes An Interesting Case

Aug 13
With EPS Growth And More, Noble (NYSE:NE) Makes An Interesting Case

Noble Corporation: Solid Quarter And Strong Long-Term Prospects - Buy

Aug 07

Noble Corporation: Not Enough Upside

Jul 24

If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Noble (NYSE:NE) Presents An Opportunity

May 07
If EPS Growth Is Important To You, Noble (NYSE:NE) Presents An Opportunity

Getting In Cheap On Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) Might Be Difficult

Mar 01
Getting In Cheap On Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) Might Be Difficult

Noble updates Q4 Adjusted EBITDA guidance

Jan 23

Are Investors Undervaluing Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) By 50%?

Dec 27
Are Investors Undervaluing Noble Corporation Plc (NYSE:NE) By 50%?

Noble closes $350M term loan

Dec 22

Noble's (NYSE:NE) Robust Earnings Are Not All Good News For Shareholders

Nov 10
Noble's (NYSE:NE) Robust Earnings Are Not All Good News For Shareholders

Noble Non-GAAP EPS of $0.50 beats by $0.11, revenue of $306M beats by $10.82M

Nov 03

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Too early to tell whether NE's dividend payments have been stable as they only just started paying a dividend.

Growing Dividend: Too early to tell if NE's dividend payments are increasing as they only just started paying a dividend.


Dividend Yield vs Market

Noble Dividend Yield vs Market
How does NE dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (NE)6.9%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)4.5%
Industry Average (Energy Services)2.5%
Analyst forecast (NE) (up to 3 years)10.5%

Notable Dividend: NE's dividend (6.93%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.45%).

High Dividend: NE's dividend (6.93%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.51%)


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (48.8%), NE's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (139.1%), NE's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 03:42
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Analyst Sources

Noble Corporation plc is covered by 63 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kjetil GarstadArctic Securities ASA
null nullArgus Research Company
Fabrizio SpagnaAxia Financial Research