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Noble (NE) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026)

Noble posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.68% for Q1 2026, down 306.0% year-on-year from 3.25% in Q1 2025, and up 9.79% on a QoQ basis from 6.09% in Q4 2025.

Noble (NE) has 5 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.68% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 306.0% year-over-year to 6.68%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.68% (down 306.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.95%, down 447.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 6.68%, up from 6.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.87% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 6.09% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.98% (2023), against an average of 9.45%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 483 bps; it then plunged 526 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 7.28% in 2022, then surged by 66 bps to 12.11% in 2023, then dropped by 29 bps to 8.56% in 2024, then decreased by 29 bps to 6.09% in 2025, then climbed by 10 bps to 6.68% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.68% (Q1 2026), 6.09% (Q4 2025), and 7.91% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 19.54%
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 6.68%
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 0.02%
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn -1.52%
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn -4.09%
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn 1.49%
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn -71.06%
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn -37.93%
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - 9.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.68%
Dec 31, 2025 6.09%
Sep 30, 2025 7.91%
Jun 30, 2025 8.61%
Mar 31, 2025 9.74%
Dec 31, 2024 8.56%
Sep 30, 2024 9.99%
Jun 30, 2024 13.87%
Mar 31, 2024 11.81%
Dec 31, 2023 12.11%
Sep 30, 2023 12.32%
Jun 30, 2023 9.35%
Mar 31, 2023 7.90%
Dec 31, 2022 7.28%