Nabors Industries Ltd
NBR NYSE· Drilling Oil & Gas Wells
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$81.32
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Nabors Industries Ltd had $3.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 14.8%, up 0.6 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 15 is left after running the business.
- Nabors Industries Ltd made $287M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$22.7M in fiscal 2025, −0.7% of revenue.
- Nabors Industries Ltd owes $1.6B more than it holds in cash, about 1.4 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$1.2B
P/E
5.7x
Revenue
$3.2B
Net income
$287M
Free cash flow
−$22.7M
Operating margin
14.8%
Nabors Industries Ltd in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.7%
Yes. Sales grew 8.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.0%
A little. It keeps 9.0% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−0.7%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
1.4x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.4 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
5.7x
One share costs 5.7 times its yearly profit per share.
What Nabors Industries Ltd does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 13, 2026
- Legal name
- NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD
- CIK
- 0001163739
Nabors Industries Ltd · NBR
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $2.0B | $2.7B | $3.0B | $2.9B | $3.2B |
| Revenue growth | −5.5% | 31.5% | 13.3% | −2.5% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 37.2% | 40.4% | — | — |
| Operating margin | −4.0% | 1.7% | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.8% |
| Net income | −$569M | −$350M | −$11.8M | −$176M | $287M |
| Net margin | −28.2% | −13.2% | −0.4% | −6.0% | 9.0% |
| Diluted EPS | −$76.58 | −$40.52 | −$5.49 | −$22.37 | $17.39 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $429M | $501M | $638M | $581M | $693M |
| Capital expenditure | $234M | $373M | $541M | $568M | $716M |
| Free cash flow | $195M | $128M | $97.0M | $13.5M | −$22.7M |
| FCF margin | 9.7% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 0.5% | −0.7% |
| Dividends paid | $7.4M | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.1M | — |
| Share count change | 7.7% | 17.0% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 56.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $991M | $452M | $1.1B | $397M | $941M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.3B | $2.5B | $3.1B | $2.5B | $2.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $591M | $369M | $327M | $135M | $591M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7x | 2.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.9x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | −0.5x | 0.2x | 2.3x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | −2.2% | 1.4% | 11.8% | 14.7% | 15.3% |
| Return on equity | −65.4% | −73.0% | −3.4% | −76.3% | 79.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | −98.6% | −97.7% | −15.4% | −152.5% | 41.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.3 | −0.5 | 0.0 | −0.2 | 0.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.5M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.3M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $81.32 a share, the company is worth $1.2B: 5.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001163739). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.