Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NBR in the last 90 days.
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Nabors Industries (NBR) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$79.20−1.47 (−1.8%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeAnalyst commentary dominates the week's news on Nabors. Susquehanna's Charles Minervino raised his price target from $85 to $91, sending the stock up as much as 5.4% on 5 October, and SIG followed by maintaining its Hold rating while also lifting its target to $91. A separate report puts the average 12-month price target at $103.43 against a consensus Hold rating, with an opening price of $80.71. Despite this run of target increases, shares fell 2.33% on 6 October to $81.22 ahead of the scheduled Q3 2026 release on 27 October, and one report also pointed to Nabors' work on Project Obsidian and drilling for Quaise Energy as part of the past year's 86.5% rise.
NBR closes at $79.20, down 1.8%, sitting between its 50-day average of $86.74 and 200-day average of $82.96, with a 52-week range of $36.66 to $112.90. The GekkoIndex reads 63.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, while price sits 41.2% below the Gekko Fair Value of $134.79.
Earnings are due 27 October, 15 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS miss of -2.04 against a -1.54 estimate with a 0.8% reaction, and average absolute reactions have run 7.5% across the last eight quarters. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged +14.3% over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst coverage shows 2 buy, 4 hold and 1 sell ratings among 7 firms, with a consensus target of $107.38.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Nabors Industries price vs fair value
Close $79.20200-day averageGekko Fair Value $134.79
Nabors Industries quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.17B
- P/E ratio
- 6.2
- Forward P/E
- 56.2
- EPS, TTM
- $13.12
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.21B
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.13
- Volume
- 143,508 avg 205,787
- 1-year return
- +89.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±12.1%
- 50-day average
- $86.74
- 200-day average
- $82.96
- Next earnings
- Oct 27
- Shares outstanding
- 15.19M
Nabors Industries swing-trade checklist
Nabors Industries scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $79.20 sits between the 50-day ($86.74) and 200-day ($82.96) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.8, Accumulation
Reading 63.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
41.2% below
Price is 41.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 15 days
Reports on Oct 27, 2026, 15 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+14.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +14.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Nabors Industries stock chart and price history
Nabors Industries closed at $79.20 on Oct 12, 2026, +89.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $36.66 to $112.90.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −12.6%
- 3 months
- −5.2%
- 6 months
- −6.4%
- 1 year
- +89.9%
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About Nabors Industries
Nabors Industries supplies drilling and related services to operators of oil and natural gas wells, working both on land and offshore, across the United States and in other countries. It is known for its fleet of land-based drilling rigs and marketed platform rigs, along with equipment and technical services that support well operations, including tubular running, torque monitoring, and managed pressure drilling.
The company's work is organized into four segments: U.S. Drilling, International Drilling, Drilling Solutions, and Rig Technologies. Through these units it provides directional steering systems such as ROCKit and SmartSLIDE, the SmartNAV guidance platform, and RigCLOUD, a digital system that links applications to give real-time visibility into rig operations. It also manufactures and sells equipment including top drives, catwalks, wrenches, drawworks, robotic systems, and downhole tools, and offers aftermarket sales and service for equipment already in use.
Nabors Industries traces its founding to 1952 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker NBR.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrial services
- Industry
- Contract drilling
- Website
- nabors.com
Nabors Industries GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Nabors Industries’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 0.3 points over five sessions.
63.8Accumulation
Up 0.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 41 | +0.4% | +6.4% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 209 | +1.0% | +0.4% | ||
| Neutral | 394 | +0.5% | +1.9% | ||
| Distribution | 30 | −3.1% | −4.8% | ||
| Selling | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average NBR share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Nabors Industries stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Nabors Industries trades 41.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $134.79, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Nabors Industries shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$134.79
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
41.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 5.5% below the estimate.
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Nabors Industries insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Nabors Industries, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in NBR were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Nabors Industries has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- $3.60M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.31%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Nabors Industries earnings: next date and track record
Nabors Industries reports on Oct 27, 2026 (15 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 27, 2026
15 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.16
- Revenue estimate
- $858.8M
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±7.5%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 28, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Nabors reported Q2 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $222 million, exceeding guidance across all four reporting segments. Daily margins expanded sequentially in Lower 48 and International Drilling. Key milestones include SANAD JV placing newbuild rigs into service, commissioning two PACE-X ultrarigs for a supermajor, and launching Canrig's Titan automated rig floor wrench. SANAD holds 28% market share in Saudi Arabia with 55 rigs operating.
- Guidance
- SANAD has 34 rigs remaining under its 50-rig newbuild program, providing a clear runway for earnings growth. Saudi land rig market continues recovering, up 35 rigs from Q3 2025 lows, with gas-focused drilling aligned to Saudi Aramco's expansion priorities.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | −$2.04 est −$1.54 | $814.8M est $809.3M | +0.8% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | −$1.54 est −$1.96 | $783.5M est $769.3M | +14.9% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.17 est −$2.93 | $797.5M est $794.2M | −6.5% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $16.85 est −$1.65 | $818.2M est $795.5M | +10.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | −$2.71 est −$0.96 | $832.8M est $855.8M | −3.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $2.18 est −$3.39 | $736.2M est $718.0M | −8.7% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | −$6.67 est −$1.60 | $729.8M est $739.3M | −10.4% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | −$4.15 est −$2.20 | $731.8M est $743.2M | −5.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Nabors Industries stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Nabors Industries is $107.38, +35.6% from the last close, from 7 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$107.38consensus 12-month target, +35.6% from the last close
Now $79.20Avg $107.38
Low $80High $120
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 7 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | Susquehanna | $91 | +14.9% |
| Sep 3 | Citi | $110 | +38.9% |
| Aug 20 | Morgan Stanley | $110 | +38.9% |
| Aug 5 | Barclays | $93 | +17.4% |
| Aug 4 | J.P. Morgan | $80 | +1.0% |
+0.4%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+14.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Nabors Industries seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Nabors Industries averaged +14.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +5.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +8.1% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +10.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +14.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.9% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, NBR’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 12.1%.
Nabors Industries market cap and key statistics
Nabors Industries’s market cap is $1.17B, with a P/E ratio of 6.2 and revenue of $3.21B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.17B
- P/E ratio
- 6.2
- Forward P/E
- 56.2
- EPS, TTM
- $13.12
- Gekko Fair Value
- $134.79
Trading
- Volume
- 143,508
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 205,787
- 52-week high
- $112.90
- 52-week low
- $36.66
- Shares outstanding
- 15.19M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.21B
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Return on equity
- 22.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- 0.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.13
- Typical daily move
- ±3.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±12.1%
Nabors Industries stock news this week
Coverage of Nabors Industries this week reads positive: 2 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) Stock Has Average Price Target of $103.43MarketBeat, Oct 12
- Nabors Industries stock fell 2.33 percent as Q3 date nearsAD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
- What You Can Take From Nabors Industries And Use AgainSimply Wall Street, Oct 6
- SIG Maintains Nabors Industries(NBR.US) With Hold Rating, Raises Target Price to $91Moomoo, Oct 6
- Why Nabors Industries Stock Rose as Much as 5.4% TodayYahoo Finance, Oct 5
Nabors Industries peers
Nabors Industries’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SLBSLB | Accumulation | 11.7% below |
| BKRBaker Hughes | Accumulation | 5.4% below |
| NENoble Corporation plc A | Neutral | 39.9% below |
| VALValaris | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| RIGTransocean Ltd (Switzerland) | Neutral | 6.2% below |
| PTENPatterson-UTI Energy | Neutral | 4.8% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Nabors Industries stock FAQ
What is Nabors Industries’s market cap?
Nabors Industries’s market cap is $1.17B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $79.20, with 15.19M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 6.2.
What is the Nabors Industries stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Nabors Industries is $107.38, +35.6% from the last close. Of the 7 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Nabors Industries stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Nabors Industries is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $79.20 is 41.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $134.79. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Nabors Industries report earnings next?
Nabors Industries is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026 (15 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.16 per share on revenue of $858.8M. Nabors Industries beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 7.5% on average across the report.
What is Nabors Industries’s 52-week high and low?
Nabors Industries’s 52-week high is $112.90 and its 52-week low is $36.66; it closed at $79.20 on Oct 12, 2026, +89.9% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $207.67 on Apr 18, 2022.
Is Nabors Industries stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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