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Profile - Noble Drilling Corp. (NYSE:NE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
13135 South Dairy Ashford, Suite 800
Sugarland, TX 77478
Phone: (281) 276-6100
Fax: (281) 491-2092
Email: investor@noblecorp.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,943
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 ·Sector: Energy
 ·Industry: Oil Well Services & Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 34%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 49.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 87% (132% of float)
(796 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 9.14M shares (+8.66%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Noble Drilling Corporation is a provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. The Company performs contract-drilling services with its fleet of 49 offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. Nearly 60% of the Company's fleet is deployed in international markets, principally including the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa, the Middle East and India. During 2000, the Company also operated in Mexico and Venezuela. In addition, Noble provides labor contract drilling services, well site and project management services and engineering services. The Company's engineering services include the design of drilling equipment for offshore development and the recertification of oilfield equipment. The Company works on a contract basis with operators and prime construction contractors of drilling and production platforms in the design of drilling equipment configurations, aimed at optimizing the operational efficiency of developmental drilling.
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Financial Summary
Noble Drilling Corp. provides diversified services for the oil and gas industry, including offshore drilling services, turnkey drilling services, and engineering and asset management services. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 13% to $469 million. Net income rose 78% to $122.5 million Results reflect greater operating days, higher average rig utilization rates and a higher average dayrate in domestic drilling services.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

James Day, 57
Chairman, CEO
$7.6M$9.4M
Robert Campbell, 50
Pres, Director
2.6M--  
Mark Jackson, 45
CFO, Sr. VP
1.5M--  
Julie Robertson, 45
Sr. VP, Admin. and Sec.
2.0M2.7M
Danny Adkins, 51
Sr. VP of Operations
2.1M2.5M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:NEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-July-2001
$25.50 
Recent Price$27.20 
52-Week High
on 8-Mar-2001
$54.00 
Beta1.48 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2.21M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.68M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-44.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-25.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.59B
Shares Outstanding132.0M
Float87.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.68 
Earnings (ttm)$1.62 
Earnings (mrq)$0.50 
Sales (ttm)$6.90 
Cash (mrq)$1.66 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.15 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.83 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.94 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$936.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$446.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$219.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)23.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)35.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.36%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.78%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.23 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.40 
Total Cash (mrq)$218.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.21M
Percent of Float4.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.31M
Short Ratio1.72 
Daily Volume2.45M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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