How Noble Corporation plc stacks up

NE · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

30/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #135 of 197 · scores higher than 31% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

15 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including NE · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 30?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Energy peers.

a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 73% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.7% vs peer median 9.3%
a lower return on assets: weaker than 69% of peers. Return on assets: 2.1% vs peer median 4.4%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 11.4% vs peer median 11.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = NE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	NE	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	4.7%	9.2%	28%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	11.4%	13.4%	45%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	2.1%	4.4%	35%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	3.3%	11.8%	29%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	35.4%	41.2%	44%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around NE

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	19.8B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	986M USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.1B USD	98	66
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132	Nordic American Tankers LimitedNAT · US-listed	1.5B USD	32	30
133	BP p.l.c.

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score