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Company snapshot — Noble Corporation plc

NE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Noble Corporation is an offshore drilling contractor that serves oil and gas companies around the world. It owns and runs a fleet of floating rigs and jackup rigs that drill wells at sea. The company works across regions including West Africa, the North Sea, the Gulf of America and parts of Asia and South America. It is headquartered in Houston.
Where it sits in the stack
Noble does not hold a seat in our index. It belongs to the offshore drilling sleeve of the energy services sector, supplying rig capacity that oil and gas operators contract to drill and complete offshore wells.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not yet built a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with other offshore drillers such as Transocean and Valaris.
Why Closelook tracks it
Noble carries no index seat and no quotes in the diary so far. It does hold a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored, so the score is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether offshore rig demand and day-rate contracts shift as leases renew, since that would change how the fleet is read.

Noble Corporation plc (NE) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 45, quality 36, valuation 42) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for NE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Energy · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Energy · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against NE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.44%, quarterly · buybacks 20 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What NE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 USD per share · a 4.44% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-03
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.50 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.50 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-05
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 320 m USD 4% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 20 m USD 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +5.6% in FY2025 31 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 340 m USD · 79% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −5.7% week · −2.3% month · +14.1% quarter · +11.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Noble Corporation plc (NE)?

Noble Corporation plc trades as NE on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is NE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Noble Corporation plc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Noble Corporation plc's Closelook composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 45, quality 36 and valuation 42 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does NE trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.4% vs the 50-day and +7.7% vs the 200-day average, 16.3% below the 52-week high and +76.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Noble Corporation plc do?

Noble Corporation is an offshore drilling contractor that serves oil and gas companies around the world. It owns and runs a fleet of floating rigs and jackup rigs that drill wells at sea. The company works across regions including West Africa, the North Sea, the Gulf of America and parts of Asia and South America. Closelook has not yet built a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with other offshore drillers such as Transocean and Valaris.

Where does Noble Corporation plc sit in the AI build-out?

Noble does not hold a seat in our index. It belongs to the offshore drilling sleeve of the energy services sector, supplying rig capacity that oil and gas operators contract to drill and complete offshore wells. Noble carries no index seat and no quotes in the diary so far. It does hold a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored, so the score is still being built.

Does Noble Corporation plc pay a dividend?

Noble Corporation plc has paid 2.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.44% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-09-03. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 320 m USD in dividends and bought back 20 m USD of its own shares, 79% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 5.6% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Drilling, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.