NBR vs PDS vs ZNOG Stock Comparison

Nabors Industries, Precision Drilling and Zion Oil & Gas Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NBR Nabors Industries Ltd
$81.25 +2.0% 1M +50.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.10B
P/E
4.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Land Drilling Energy
3 wins
ZNOG Zion Oil & Gas Inc
$0.35 -16.7% 1M +75.0% 1Y
Market cap
$412.45K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Precision Drilling leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Precision Drilling 4, Nabors Industries 3, Zion Oil & Gas 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNBRPDSZNOGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.10B $1.21B $412.45K PDS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.4x -347.7x -0.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.9x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.6% +9.4% — PDS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.6% -0.2% — NBR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.7% 0.0% — NBR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.1x 0.7x — PDS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +50.7% +60.2% +75.0% ZNOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr +17.6%/yr +21.9%/yr ZNOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.9% 40.2% 71.3% PDS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 53/100 37/100 NBR

Percentile Scorecard

NBRPDSZNOG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNBRPDSZNOG
Valuation 94 #4 of 47 96 #3 of 47 31 #69 of 99
Growth 65 #16 of 44 35 #29 of 44 42 #57 of 97
Profitability 78 #10 of 41 60 #17 of 41 15 #81 of 95
Financial Health 18 #38 of 46 67 #16 of 46 96 #5 of 102
Shareholder Returns – 7 #29 of 31 1 #77 of 78
Overall 63 53 37
  • NBR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • PDS ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • ZNOG ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNBRPDSZNOGSPY
1 month +2.0%+13.7%-16.7% -2.0%
3 months -2.7%+26.7%-14.6% -2.2%
6 months -22.8%+1.2%-16.7% +4.2%
Year to date +49.6%+34.1%+59.1% +10.6%
1 year +50.7%+60.2%+75.0% +10.4%
3 years -19.4%+60.7%+483.3% +73.6%
3 years, per year -6.9%+17.1%+80.1% +20.2%
5 years -18.8%+124.4%+169.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year -4.1%+17.6%+21.9% +10.1%
10 years -85.8%+11.3%-71.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year -17.7%+1.1%-11.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNBRPDSZNOGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.9%40.2%71.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.6%42.0%78.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.400.190.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.001.501.05 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.7%-55.5%-91.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.6%-10.4%-46.2% -3.2%
52-week high $110.63$107.60$0.65 $779.14
52-week low $46.19$56.91$0.16 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNBRPDSZNOG
P/E now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 24.9x -367.8xmedian 24.9x -0.1xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 1.2x —median 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 8.4x 2.9xmedian 8.4x 1.2xmedian 5.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.7xmedian 15.0x 2.4xmedian 15.0x 0.0xmedian 9.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.6x 1.1xmedian 1.6x 0.0xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 0.50 13.79median 0.50 0.00median 0.61

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNBRPDSZNOG
Revenue $3.23B $1.43B –
Gross profit $1.25B $433.02M –
Operating income $125.73M $340.55M -$8.22M
Net income $322.20M -$2.45M -$8.19M
Free cash flow $39.65M $512.21M -$17.64M
R&D $54.02M – –
EPS (diluted) $17.31 $-0.26 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $509.78M $16.33M $9.61M
Total debt $2.12B $443.31M –
Shares (diluted) 14.27M 13.34M 843.21M
Enterprise value -$1.28B $1.06B -$38.58M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNBRPDSZNOG
P/E 4.7x -367.8x -0.1x
P/FCF 32.7x 2.4x 0.0x
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x 4.3x 0.0x
P/S 0.4x 0.9x –
P/B 1.4x 1.1x 0.0x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.1x 0.0x
EV/EBITDA 3.8x 2.9x 1.2x
EV/EBIT 23.1x 4.9x 1.1x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 1.2x –
EV/FCF 73.3x 3.3x 0.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.1x 5.7x 1.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 13.79 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNBRPDSZNOG
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.6% 9.4% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.1% -0.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.6% 0.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.7% -6.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -53.7% -1.5% -14.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -23.6% -5.9% 46.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 3,034% -105.8% -15.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 180.0% -26.5% 46.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 298.9% -109.0% -15.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 88.1% -26.7% 54.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 32.0% -9.3% -46.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.0% -7.0% -22.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 126.8% 3.5% -16.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.2% -0.1% -55.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNBRPDSZNOG
Gross margin 38.8% 30.2% –
EBITDA margin 23.9% 40.7% –
Operating margin 3.9% 23.8% –
Pretax margin 14.9% 0.9% –
Net margin 7.6% -0.2% –
FCF margin 1.2% 35.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 21.7% 20.4% –
Return on equity 33.9% -0.2% -16.6%
Return on assets 7.3% -0.1% -15.2%
Return on invested capital 2.7% 0.0% –
Return on capital employed 3.3% 20.1% -16.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x -119.3x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNBRPDSZNOG
Debt / assets 48.0% 22.7% –
Debt / equity 2.2x 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.1x 0.7x –
Debt / FCF 53.5x 0.9x –
Liabilities / assets 78.6% 41.7% 9.2%
Equity / assets 21.4% 58.3% 90.8%
Interest coverage 0.7x 9.5x –
Current ratio 1.9x 1.5x 3.9x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.3x 2.8x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 2.8x
Altman Z-score 0.60 1.88 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNBRPDSZNOG
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -3.9% -61.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -3.9% -61.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNBRPDSZNOG
Forward P/E – 18.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.20FY2026 $5.11FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -112.7%FY2026 +5,010.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +69.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.26BFY2026 $1.57BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +6.5% +2.1% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNBRPDSZNOG
Held by institutions 76.0% – –
Institutions holding 243 – –
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.5% – –
Institutions buying 146 – –
Institutions selling 65 – –
Buyers to sellers 2.25 – –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NBRPDSZNOG
NBR 1.00 0.69 0.15
PDS 0.69 1.00 0.21
ZNOG 0.15 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NBR, PDS and ZNOG?

Precision Drilling (PDS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nabors Industries (NBR) $1.10B, Precision Drilling (PDS) $1.21B, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) $412.45K.

Which company is growing faster?

Precision Drilling (PDS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nabors Industries (NBR) +5.6%, Precision Drilling (PDS) +9.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nabors Industries (NBR) has the highest net margin (Nabors Industries (NBR) 7.6%, Precision Drilling (PDS) -0.2%). On return on invested capital, Nabors Industries (NBR) leads (Nabors Industries (NBR) 2.7%, Precision Drilling (PDS) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) returned the most: Nabors Industries (NBR) +50.7%, Precision Drilling (PDS) +60.2%, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) +75.0%. Over five years, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) compounded fastest (Nabors Industries (NBR) -4.1%/yr, Precision Drilling (PDS) +17.6%/yr, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) +21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Precision Drilling (PDS) has been the steadiest (Nabors Industries (NBR) 50.9%, Precision Drilling (PDS) 40.2%, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) 71.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NBR, PDS and ZNOG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Precision Drilling (PDS) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.