Nabors Industries (NBR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Nabors Industries (NBR) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 3.34% for Q2 2026, down 2.89 percentage points from 6.22% a year earlier and down 0.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nabors Industries (NBR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nabors Industries' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 20.60%, up 16.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +29.49 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Nabors Industries' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 4.16% in FY2024 (-4.13 pp), 8.30% in FY2023 (+9.79 pp), -1.50% in FY2022 (+4.85 pp) and -6.35% in FY2021 (+2.54 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.12 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q2 2023, with a gain of 12.30 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2021, with a drop of 7.56 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 3.63% (Q1 2026), 5.41% (Q4 2025) and 3.94% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slb | 74.69 Bn | 71.14 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 11.29% |
| 2 | Baker Hughes | 48.29 Bn | 10.02 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 8.94% |
| 3 | Halliburton | 26.55 Bn | 18.45 Bn | 840.00 Mn | 14.18% |
| 4 | TechnipFMC | 25.06 Bn | 21.03 Bn | 728.70 Mn | -3.37% |
| 5 | Noble | 6.56 Bn | 4.63 Bn | 228.22 Mn | 5.53% |
| 6 | Nov | 6.32 Bn | 1.21 Bn | 439.00 Mn | 5.33% |
| 7 | Weatherford International | 6.16 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 374.00 Mn | 16.42% |
| 8 | Transocean | 5.81 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 348.00 Mn | 5.95% |
| 9 | Valaris | 5.47 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 176.30 Mn | 4.08% |
| 10 | Nabors Industries | 1.11 Bn | -1.31 Bn | 339.76 Mn | 7.36% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.36% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.34% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.63% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.94% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.22% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.40% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.14% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.57% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.52% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.93% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.63% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -5.78% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -7.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.56% |
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Nabors Industries Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=NBR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "NBR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=NBR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();