Noble NE
NYSE NE
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As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Noble (NE) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)

Updated

Noble (NE) posted Operating Expenses of $689.21 million for Q2 2026, down 3.4% from $713.4 million a year earlier but up 23.0% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Noble (NE) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Noble was $2.72 billion, down 4.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.87 billion, up 17.0% from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -10.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Noble's Operating Expenses was $2.45 billion in FY2024 (+21.8%), $2.01 billion in FY2023 (+70.0%), $1.19 billion in FY2022 (+67.0%) and $709.49 million in FY2021 (-85.9%).
  • Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $70.92 million in Q4 2021 to a high of $756.35 million in Q4 2024 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 19.3% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q4 2022, with growth of 546.3%; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a decline of 18.4%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $560.38 million (Q1 2026), $721.85 million (Q4 2025) and $747.62 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Slb 74.03 Bn 71.14 Bn 1.40 Bn 324.00 Mn
2 Baker Hughes 55.51 Bn 18.79 Bn 1.58 Bn 723.00 Mn
3 TechnipFMC 27.04 Bn 23.19 Bn 684.70 Mn 2.28 Bn
4 Halliburton 26.27 Bn 18.03 Bn 804.00 Mn 4.94 Bn
5 Nov 6.79 Bn 1.58 Bn 521.00 Mn 1.04 Bn
6 Noble 6.70 Bn 4.63 Bn 239.27 Mn 689.21 Mn
7 Transocean 5.82 Bn 3.53 Bn 358.00 Mn 812.00 Mn
8 Weatherford International 5.77 Bn 1.71 Bn 333.00 Mn 998.00 Mn
9 Valaris 5.44 Bn 3.05 Bn 123.70 Mn 498.70 Mn
10 Kodiak Gas Services 5.22 Bn 4.99 Bn 246.76 Mn 266.88 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 689.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 560.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 721.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 747.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 713.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 687.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 756.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 685.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 482.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 529.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 485.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 496.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 529.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 502.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 458.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 254.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 227.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 244.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 70.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 263.86 Mn
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