secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Noble Corp plc (NE)
CIK:        0001895262
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-020677
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noble Q1 net income $95M, adj. EBITDA $183M, declares $0.40 dividend, backlog $4.4B
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- Revenue $637M ($612M contract drilling), net income $95M ($0.66 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $66M ($0.45 adjusted EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $183M, up 32% YoY from $138M; free cash flow -$38M due to $167M capex.
- Dividend declared $0.40/share, payable June 27, 2024, record June 6, 2024; annualized $1.60.
- New contracts with total value ~$215M, including Noble Venturer (Trident, Rhino), Noble Viking (Prime Energy), Noble Voyager (Petronas), Noble Innovator (BP).
- FY 2024 guidance maintained: revenue $2,550M-$2,700M, adj. EBITDA $925M-$1,025M, capex $400M-$440M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828024020677/0001628280-24-020677-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828024020677/ne-20240506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-020677

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