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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.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
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4.2%Hi! I read Nabors Industries Ltdβs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
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?
β0.7%
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.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
KIRA Β· 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 0.6Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about 15 is left after running the business.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
KIRA Β· Nabors Industries Ltd made $287M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Free cash flow was β$22.7M in fiscal 2025, β0.7% of revenue.
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· In the last 12 months, insiders bought $0.5M and sold $0.3M of shares on the open market.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.5M
1 insider
Sold, 12 months
$0.3M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
KIRA Β· Nabors Industries Ltd owes $1.6B more than it holds in cash, about 1.4 years of operating profit.
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Nabors Industries Ltd can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7x | 2.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.4x |
| Debt / equity | 5.5x | 6.9x | 9.6x | 18.6x | 4.2x |
| Interest coverage | β0.5x | 0.2x | 2.3x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.9x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 2.6x | 1.5x | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $5.5B | $4.7B | $5.3B | $4.5B | $4.8B |
| Total liabilities | $4.1B | $3.5B | $4.0B | $3.3B | $3.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | $591M | $369M | $327M | $135M | $591M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $1.6B |
KIRA Β· Its return on capital was 15.3%: every 100 invested in the business earned about 15 in a year.
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
KIRA Β· Nabors Industries Ltd passes 6 of 8 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β19.1% | β7.3% | β11.9% | β19.0% | β18.8% | β18.1% | β16.6% | β13.0% | β15.5% | β8.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.67 | 1.43 | 1.56 | 1.10 | 0.28 | 0.30 | β0.54 | 0.01 | β0.23 | 0.36 |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.2B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.0B | $2.1B | $2.0B | $2.7B | $3.0B | $2.9B | $3.2B |
| Gross profit | $884M | $846M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $801M | $731M | $988M | $1.2B | β | β |
| Research and development | $33.6M | $51.1M | $56.1M | $50.4M | $33.6M | $35.2M | $49.9M | $56.3M | $57.1M | $53.1M |
| Operating income | β$118M | β$142M | $58.6M | $89.1M | β$171M | β$80.8M | $44.3M | $434M | $417M | $471M |
| Interest expense | $185M | $223M | $227M | $204M | $206M | $171M | $178M | $185M | $211M | $215M |
| Pretax income | β$1.2B | β$580M | β$519M | β$589M | β$706M | β$488M | β$246M | $129M | β$31.0M | $538M |
| Income tax | β$187M | β$83.0M | $79.3M | $91.6M | $57.3M | $55.6M | $61.5M | $79.2M | $56.9M | $163M |
| Net income | β$1.0B | β$547M | β$641M | β$703M | β$806M | β$569M | β$350M | β$11.8M | β$176M | $287M |
| Net income to common | β$1.0B | β$547M | β$653M | β$720M | β$820M | β$582M | β$361M | β$50.2M | β$206M | $247M |
| Diluted EPS | β$3.64 | β$1.90 | β$99.61 | β$105.39 | β$118.69 | β$76.58 | β$40.52 | β$5.49 | β$22.37 | $17.39 |
| Diluted shares | 0.28B | 0.28B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $532M | $62.8M | $326M | $685M | $350M | $429M | $501M | $638M | $581M | $693M |
| Capital expenditure | $395M | $574M | $459M | $428M | $196M | $234M | $373M | $541M | $568M | $716M |
| Free cash flow | $136M | β$512M | β$133M | $257M | $154M | $195M | $128M | $97.0M | $13.5M | β$22.7M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $872M | $843M | $867M | $876M | $854M | $693M | $665M | $645M | $633M | $649M |
| Stock-based compensation | $32.0M | $31.9M | $26.4M | $24.7M | $24.6M | $19.4M | $15.8M | $15.8M | $16.5M | $23.4M |
| Acquisitions | $22.3M | β$12.3M | $20.9M | $2.9M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $1.7M | $18.1M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends paid | $50.9M | $68.5M | β | β | $22.5M | $7.4M | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.1M | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $52.6M | $86.6M | β | β | $22.5M | $7.4M | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.1M | β |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $295M | $365M | $482M | $452M | $482M | $991M | $452M | $1.1B | $397M | $941M |
| Total debt | $3.6B | $4.1B | $3.6B | $3.4B | $3.0B | $3.3B | $2.5B | $3.1B | $2.5B | $2.5B |
| Current assets | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.5B | $1.0B | $1.6B | $1,000M | $1.6B |
| Current liabilities | $822M | $919M | $832M | $657M | $515M | $525M | $596M | $1.2B | $572M | $993M |
| Inventory | $104M | $166M | $166M | $176M | $161M | $126M | $128M | $148M | $130M | $94.8M |
| Property and equipment, net | $6.3B | $6.1B | $5.5B | $4.9B | $4.0B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $2.9B | $2.8B | $2.9B |
| Goodwill | $167M | $173M | $184M | $28.4M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Total assets | $8.2B | $8.4B | $7.9B | $6.8B | $5.5B | $5.5B | $4.7B | $5.3B | $4.5B | $4.8B |
| Total liabilities | $4.9B | $5.3B | $4.7B | $4.3B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $3.5B | $4.0B | $3.3B | $3.4B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.2B | $2.9B | $2.7B | $2.0B | $1.2B | $591M | $369M | $327M | $135M | $591M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 39.7% | 33.0% | 35.3% | 36.6% | 37.5% | 36.2% | 37.2% | 40.4% | β | β |
| Operating margin | β5.3% | β5.5% | 1.9% | 2.9% | β8.0% | β4.0% | 1.7% | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.8% |
| EBITDA margin | 33.8% | 27.3% | 30.3% | 31.7% | 32.0% | 30.4% | 26.7% | 35.9% | 35.8% | 35.2% |
| Net margin | β46.2% | β21.3% | β21.0% | β23.1% | β37.8% | β28.2% | β13.2% | β0.4% | β6.0% | 9.0% |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | β20.0% | β4.4% | 8.4% | 7.2% | 9.7% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 0.5% | β0.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β1.4% | β1.7% | 0.8% | 1.4% | β3.7% | β2.2% | 1.4% | 11.8% | 14.7% | 15.3% |
| Return on capital employed | β1.6% | β1.9% | 0.8% | 1.5% | β3.4% | β1.6% | 1.1% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 12.4% |
| Return on equity | β31.7% | β17.8% | β22.8% | β30.0% | β51.4% | β65.4% | β73.0% | β3.4% | β76.3% | 79.0% |
| Return on assets | β12.6% | β6.6% | β7.9% | β9.6% | β13.1% | β10.3% | β6.8% | β0.2% | β3.6% | 6.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | β33.4% | β20.0% | β26.0% | β36.8% | β71.2% | β98.6% | β97.7% | β15.4% | β152.5% | 41.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 15.1% | 19.2% | β0.5% | β29.9% | β5.5% | 31.5% | 13.3% | β2.5% | 8.7% |
| FCF growth | β | β475.0% | β | β | β39.9% | 26.3% | β34.5% | β24.0% | β86.1% | β267.9% |
| Share count change | β | 1.5% | β97.6% | 5.1% | 0.4% | 7.7% | 17.0% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 56.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.4x | 5.3x | 3.4x | 3.0x | 3.7x | 3.7x | 2.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.4x |
| Debt / equity | 1.1x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.7x | 2.6x | 5.5x | 6.9x | 9.6x | 18.6x | 4.2x |
| Interest coverage | β0.6x | β0.6x | 0.3x | 0.4x | β0.8x | β0.5x | 0.2x | 2.3x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.2x | 2.9x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.6x | 1.9x | 2.6x | 1.5x | 1.2x | 1.5x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 17.8% | 22.4% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 9.2% | 11.6% | 14.1% | 18.0% | 19.4% | 22.5% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Payouts / FCF | 38.6% | β | β | β | 14.6% | 3.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | β0.5 | 0.0 | β0.2 | 0.4 |
| Accruals ratio | β19.1% | β7.3% | β11.9% | β19.0% | β18.8% | β18.1% | β16.6% | β13.0% | β15.5% | β8.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001163739). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
