Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) will be announcing earnings results this Monday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Noble Corporation beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $785.7 million, down 10.2% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Noble Corporation’s revenue to decline 18.1% year on year, a reversal from the 22.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Noble Corporation rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Noble Corporation’s peers in the oilfield services segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. World Kinect delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 50.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 27.7%, and Oceaneering reported revenues up 10%, topping estimates by 4.3%. World Kinect traded up 5.2% following the results while Oceaneering was also up 6.7%.
Read our full analysis of World Kinect’s results here and Oceaneering’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the oilfield services segment, with share prices up 4.4% on average over the last month. Noble Corporation is up 12.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $48.73 (compared to the current share price of $43.12).
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