NE: Key Statistics for NOBLE CORP

Market Cap (intraday):	5.67B
Enterprise Value (10-Sep-04)³:	6.03B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	38.68
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	21.70
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	3.09
Price/Sales (ttm):	5.73
Price/Book (mrq):	2.54
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	6.07
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	17.04

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Jun-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	14.70%
Operating Margin (ttm):	19.45%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	4.61%
Return on Equity (ttm):	6.71%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	992.89M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	7.442
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	0.10%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	392.43M
EBITDA (ttm):	353.55M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	145.90M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	1.094
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	-20.60%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	220.42M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1.65
Total Debt (mrq)²:	559.53M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.25
Current Ratio (mrq):	2.057
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	16.705

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	374.82M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	378.55M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.978
52-Week Change:	22.71%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	11.52%
52-Week High (5-Mar-04):	42.909
52-Week Low (18-Sep-03):	32.25
50-Day Moving Average:	38.38
200-Day Moving Average:	37.43

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	1,351,825
Average Volume (10 day):	1,779,000
Shares Outstanding:	133.90M
Float:	88.40M
% Held by Insiders:	33.98%
% Held by Institutions:	87.13%
Shares Short (as of 9-Aug-04):	4.30M
Daily Volume (as of 9-Aug-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 9-Aug-04):	3.376
Short % of Float (as of 9-Aug-04):	4.87%
Shares Short (prior month):	3.96M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	10-Jul-95
Ex-Dividend Date:	10-Jul-95
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	N/A
Last Split Date:	N/A

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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