Noble (NE) Competitors

Noble (NYSE:NE) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate NE or RIG?

Noble currently has a consensus target price of $52.83, suggesting a potential upside of 53.63%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 56.43%. Given Transocean's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Transocean is more favorable than Noble.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noble	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Transocean	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has more volatility & risk, NE or RIG?

Noble has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NE or RIG?

In the previous week, Transocean had 2 more articles in the media than Noble. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Transocean and 1 mentions for Noble. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Noble's score of 0.00 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Noble	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Transocean	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NE or RIG?

Transocean received 903 more outperform votes than Noble when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.60% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote while only 35.42% of users gave Noble an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noble	Outperform Votes 17 35.42%	Underperform Votes 31 64.58%
Transocean	Outperform Votes 920 51.60%	Underperform Votes 863 48.40%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NE or RIG?

68.1% of Noble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Noble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NE or RIG?

Noble has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Noble	$2.59B	2.13	$481.90M	$3.43	10.03
Transocean	$2.83B	1.31	-$954M	-$0.75	-5.65

Is NE or RIG more profitable?

Noble has a net margin of 18.08% compared to Transocean's net margin of -18.81%. Noble's return on equity of 7.68% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noble	18.08%	7.68%	5.16%
Transocean	-18.81%	-1.48%	-0.77%

Summary

Noble beats Transocean on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.