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NBR vs PBR

Side-by-side comparison of Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras (PBR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both NBR and PBR operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • PBR is the larger of the two at $114.39B, about 74.7x NBR ($1.53B).
  • Over the past year, NBR is up 199.2% and PBR is up 58.1% - NBR leads by 141.1 points.
  • PBR has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for NBR).
  • PBR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 20 for NBR).
PerformanceNBR+199.19%PBR+58.11%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricNBRPBR
Company
Nabors Industries Ltd.
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
Price
$95.91-5.19%
$17.74-1.80%
Market cap
$1.53B
$114.39B
1M return
-3.43%
-15.08%
1Y return
+199.19%
+58.11%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1951
News (4w)
9
17
Recent ratings
20
25
NBR

Nabors Industries Ltd.

Nabors Industries Ltd. provides drilling and drilling-related services for land-based and offshore oil and natural gas wells. The company operates through five segments: U.S. Drilling, Canada Drilling, International Drilling, Drilling Solutions, and Rig Technologies. It provides tubular running, wellbore placement, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD), equipment manufacturing, and rig instrumentation services; and logging-while-drilling systems and services, as well as drilling optimization software. The company also offers REVit, an automated real time stick-slip mitigation system; ROCKit, a directional steering control system; SmartNAV, a collaborative guidance and advisory platform; SmartSLIDE, an advanced directional steering control system; and RigCLOUD, which provides the tools and infrastructure to integrate applications to deliver real-time insight into operations across the rig fleet. In addition, it manufactures and sells top drives, catwalks, wrenches, drawworks, and other drilling related equipment, such as robotic systems and downhole tools; and provides aftermarket sales and services for the installed base of its equipment. As of December 31, 2020, the company marketed approximately 354 rigs for land-based drilling operations in the United States and Canada, as well as in 14 other countries worldwide; and 29 rigs for offshore platform drilling operations in the United States and internationally. Nabors Industries Ltd. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

PBR

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras produce and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. It engages in prospecting, drilling, refining, processing, trading, and transporting crude oil from producing onshore and offshore oil fields, and shale or other rocks, as well as oil products, natural gas, and other liquid hydrocarbons. The company operates through Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; Gas and Power; and Corporate and Other Businesses segments. The Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the its domestic refineries. The Refining, Transportation and Marketing segment engages in the refining, logistics, transport, marketing, and trading of crude oil and oil products; exportation of ethanol; and extraction and processing of shale, as well as holding interests in petrochemical companies. The Gas and Power segment engages in the logistic and trading of natural gas and electricity; generation of electricity through thermoelectric power plants; holding interests in transportation and distribution of natural gas; and fertilizer production business. The Corporate and Other Businesses segment produces biodiesel and its co-products, and ethanol; and distributes oil products. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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