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Noble (NE) Interest Coverage

: 8.85 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Noble's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $129 Mil. Noble's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-15 Mil. Noble's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.85. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Noble's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

NE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.23   Med: 7.82   Max: 10.4
Current: 9.91


NE's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59.45% of 762 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.625 vs NE: 9.91

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Noble Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Noble's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Noble Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
- N/A 5.23 10.40

Noble Quarterly Data
Dec20 Sep21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.67 7.25 8.38 16.64 8.85

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Noble's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Noble Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Noble's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble's Interest Coverage falls into.



Noble Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Noble's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Noble's Interest Expense was $-59 Mil. Its Operating Income was $615 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $586 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*615.337/-59.139
=10.40

Noble's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Noble's Interest Expense was $-15 Mil. Its Operating Income was $129 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $586 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*129.143/-14.6
=8.85

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Noble  (NYSE:NE) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Noble (NE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, TX, USA, 77478
Noble Corp PLC is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry that provides contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry with its fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. The company focuses on a high-specification fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of its drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world.
Executives
Noble Corp Plc officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Caroline Alting officer: See Remarks C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Joey M Kawaja officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Blake Denton officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Robert W. Eifler director, officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Richard B. Barker officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Jennie Howard officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD ROAD, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Pacific Investment Management Co Llc 10 percent owner 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Mikkel Ipsen officer: See Remarks C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Kristin Holth director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Claus Hemmingsen director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Alastair Maxwell director C/O NOBLE CORP., 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Apmh Invest A/s 10 percent owner ESPLANADEN 50, COPENHAGEN G7 1263
Laura D. Campbell officer: See Remarks 13135 S. DAIRY ASHFORD, STE. 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Charles M Sledge director 1611 SCENIC MOUNTAIN COURT, KINGWOOD TX 77345