Noble Corporation plc A (NE) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- -$0.57
- Estimate
- $0.23
- Surprise
- -351.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $728.8M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.8 → 5.0/10
Revenue source: yfinance_provisional (provisional — SEC XBRL not yet filed for this period).
How the report landed
Noble Corporation plc A (NE) reported a wider loss than forecast — adjusted EPS of -$0.57 against the $0.23 estimate (a 351.8% shortfall). TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.8/10) to Sell at 5.0/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Coverage in the report window
- Noble Corp Q3 Adj. EPS $(0.57) Misses $0.20 Estimate, Sales $728.764M Beat $709.380M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-26
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates NE Sell at 4.0/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -351.8% surprise compares with a -115.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-10.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-13.3% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0)
- Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $47.06
- Stop
- $43.77
The stock trades at 142.6× trailing but 24.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
NE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Drilling
- Market cap
- $7.51B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 142.6
- 52-week range
- $27.67–$54.98
- Off 52-week high
- 14.4%
- RSI (14)
- 68
- Volume vs avg
- 1.38×
- Score today
- 4.0/10