Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) shares traded -7.86% down during most recent session to reach at the closing price of $3.87. The stock exchanged hands 12.93 Million shares versus average trading capacity of 12.4 Million shares, yielding a market cap of $975.36 Million. Wall Street analysts covering the stock are projecting that the stock will reach $6.5 within the next 52-weeks. The mean target projections are based on 31 opinions.
Taking a broader look brokerage firms’ analysts on the street with an expectant view have Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) high price target of $11 and with a conservative view have low price target of $3.
Nomura “Upgrades” Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) in a research note issued to investors on 5/18/17 to Neutral with price target of $0.
Additionally on 4/28/17 Fearnleys “Upgrades” Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) to Buy setting price target at $0 and on 2/14/17 Societe Generale “Upgrades” the stock to Buy at $0. Furthermore on 2/02/17 Morgan Stanley “Upgrades” the stock to Equal-Weight at $8.
On the other hand the company has Relative Strength Index (RSI 14) of 31.98 along with Average True Range (ATR 14) of 0.28, Consequently Noble Corp (NYSE:NE)’s weekly and monthly volatility is 7.47%, 6.04% respectively. The company’s beta value is at 2.08.
In terms of Buy, Sell or Hold recommendations, Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) has analysts’ mean recommendation of 2.9. This is according to a simplified 1 to 5 scale where 1 represents a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell.
According to analysts Noble Corp (NYSE:NE)’s minimum EPS for the current quarter is at $-0.56 and can go high up to $-0.24. The consensus mean EPS for the current quarter is at $-0.33 derived from a total of 29 estimates from the analysts who have weighed in on projected earnings. However the company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the same quarter during last year.
Previously Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) reported $-0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $-0.19 by $0.02. The company posted an earnings surprise of 10.5%.
While considering growth estimates of the company, it has next quarter growth estimates of -56.5% whereas during current quarter it has -3400% estimations over growth, comparing to the estimations of -2400% during current year and -5.6% for next year. Past 5 years growth of Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) observed at -25.64%, looking forward for the next 5 years it has a strong prediction of -73.4% over growth.
Noble Corp (NYSE:NE)’s revenue estimates for the current quarter are $282.8 Million according to 20 number of analysts, for the current quarter the company has high revenue estimates of $333.1 Million in contradiction of low revenue estimates of $261 Million. For the current year the company’s revenue estimates are $1.18 Billion compared to low analyst estimates of $1.12 Billion and high estimates of $1.32 Billion according to 28 number of analysts.
Currently Noble Corp (NYSE:NE)’s shares owned by insiders are 1.1%, whereas shares owned by institutional owners are 0%. However the six-month change in the insider ownership was recorded -0.06%, as well as three-month change in the institutional ownership was recorded 0.87%.
Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) 52-week high price stands at $9.73 and low price stands at $3.83, its price distance from 52-week high is -60.23% while its distance from 52-week low price is 1.04%. The stock hit its 52-week high on 06/09/16, and 52-week low on 06/07/17.
Noble Corp (NYSE:NE)’s trailing twelve month revenues are $2.05 Billion, whereas its price to sales ratio for the same period is 0.48. Its book value per share for the most recent quarter is $22.36 while its price to book ratio for the same period is 0.17, as for as the company’s cash per share for the most recent quarter is $2.06, however its price to cash per share ratio for the same period is 1.88. The stock has 5 year expected PEG ratio of 0 whereas its trailing twelve month P/E ratio is 0.
