NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD NBR
SHS · Common Stock · CUSIP G6359F137 · ISIN BMG6359F1370
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $40.15. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($14.7m notional), 15 hold puts ($31.4m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 176 |
| Q4 2022 | 214 |
| Q1 2023 | 209 |
| Q2 2023 | 204 |
| Q3 2023 | 197 |
| Q4 2023 | 195 |
| Q1 2024 | 190 |
| Q2 2024 | 176 |
| Q3 2024 | 187 |
| Q4 2024 | 171 |
| Q1 2025 | 181 |
| Q2 2025 | 159 |
| Q3 2025 | 171 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 88 | 111 |
| Q1 2024 | 89 | 93 |
| Q2 2024 | 83 | 92 |
| Q3 2024 | 90 | 80 |
| Q4 2024 | 80 | 88 |
| Q1 2025 | 112 | 72 |
| Q2 2025 | 89 | 88 |
| Q3 2025 | 100 | 61 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $20.9m | $46.6m | 2.23 |
| Q1 2025 | $12.9m | $38.8m | 3.00 |
| Q2 2025 | $22.2m | $21.5m | 0.97 |
| Q3 2025 | $14.7m | $31.4m | 2.13 |
Biggest buyers
| OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +737.1k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L | Added | +300.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +266.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +129.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +114.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +107.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +107.3k |
| HIGHBRIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +104.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +100.3k |
| Diameter Capital Partners LP | New | +100.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. | Reduced | -459.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -269.7k |
| BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Reduced | -137.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -105.5k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -56.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -52.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -41.0k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ | Reduced | -38.7k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -29.7k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp | Reduced | -29.0k |
Biggest calls
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $4.5m108.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $4.4m106.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.9m69.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.3m31.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $788.8k19.3k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $396.4k9.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $322.9k7.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $204.3k5.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $8.2k200 shares |
Biggest puts
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $14.5m354.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.2m78.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $2.0m50.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $2.0m48.8k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $1.8m43.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $1.6m38.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.4m34.9k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $1.2m30.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $825.6k20.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $752.0k18.4k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 7.7% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Adage Capital Management, L.P. (4.7%, 2026-05-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27), Oaktree Capital Holdings, LLC (0.8%, 2026-01-23), Varde Investment Partners (Offshore) Master, L.P. (0.0%, 2026-01-21), BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP (4.7%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | VARDE PARTNERS INC +4 10% owner · See footnotes | Sold | $12.8m312.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Varde Management, L.P. 79.47% of their portfolio | 1.7m $59.8m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $48.5m | Added +107.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 857.6k $35.1m | Reduced -105.5k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.05% of their portfolio | 775.0k $31.7m | Added +25.0k |
| BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 16.67% of their portfolio | 741.0k $30.2m | Reduced -137.7k |
| OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.50% of their portfolio | 737.1k $30.1m | New |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC 10.11% of their portfolio | 673.1k $27.5m | Added +49.0k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.45% of their portfolio | 594.7k $24.3m | Added +300.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 548.3k $22.4m | Added +114.2k |
| HIGHBRIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 491.8k $20.1m | Added +104.2k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 489.5k $20.0m | Added +46.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 418.7k $17.1m | Added +107.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 383.7k $15.7m | Added +43.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.4k $14.9m | Added +26.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 354.9k $14.5m | Added +33.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 290.1k $11.9m | Added +266.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.0k $11.4m | Reduced -5.4k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 259.0k $10.6m | Reduced -26 |
| BARINGS LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 212.5k $8.7m | Unchanged |
| Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 191.1k $7.8m | Reduced -459.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.8k $7.6m | Added +129.9k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 157.6k $6.4m | Added +38.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.7k $5.8m | Added +58.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.7k $5.5m | Added +10.9k |
| VR Advisory Services Ltd 1.34% of their portfolio | 134.8k $5.5m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.6k $5.5m | Added +96.7k |
| Hara Capital LLC 3.02% of their portfolio | 125.4k $5.1m | Added +87.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.1k $4.6m | Added +100.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. 0.13% of their portfolio | 102.1k $4.2m | Added +3.4k |
| Diameter Capital Partners LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 100.0k $4.1m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.2k $3.5m | Added +60.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.9k $3.0m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.4k $2.9m | Added +14.6k |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 1.51% of their portfolio | 67.3k $2.8m | Reduced -17.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.9k $2.7m | Reduced -56.3k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 0.57% of their portfolio | 62.0k $2.5m | Reduced -29.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.8k $2.0m | Reduced -15.2k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 48.1k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.7k $1.9m | Added +4.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.6k $1.9m | Added +17.7k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.7k $1.6m | Reduced -38.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 32.7k $1.3m | Added +4.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $1.3m | Reduced -52.4k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.9k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 29.9k $1.2m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $1.1m | Added +9.1k |
| READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 27.1k $1.1m | Reduced -10.2k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.9k $1.1m | Reduced -355 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.2k $1.1m | Added +12.6k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.1k $1.1m | Reduced -22.6k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.0k $1.1m | New |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.5k $1.0m | Added +4.7k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.8k $1.0m | Added +6.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.3k $991.8k | New |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.2k $988.6k | New |
| NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD. 0.08% of their portfolio | 23.2k $948.1k | Unchanged |
| Invst, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 23.0k $941.7k | Added +87 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.6k $922.4k | Reduced -13.8k |
| OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.4k $914.1k | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.5k $879.7k | Reduced -12.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.5k $878.7k | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.3k $790.0k | Reduced -16.3k |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.0k $735.2k | Added +988 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.3k $626.5k | Unchanged |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $576.1k | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.6k $555.8k | New |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $543.2k | Added +4.7k |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 12.1k $494.4k | New |
| COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.7k $479.0k | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $474.9k | Added +1.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $473.0k | Added +3.3k |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.3k $461.6k | Reduced -2.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.2k $456.4k | Reduced -41.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.6k $433.6k | Added +9.3k |
| Ethic Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.3k $421.5k | Added +2.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.3k $420.7k | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.2k $416.9k | New |
| Atom Investors LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 9.8k $401.1k | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.6k $391.0k | Added +5.1k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.5k $346.9k | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.5k $345.8k | Added +1.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.4k $342.3k | Reduced -70 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.3k $340.5k | Added +1.3k |
| Jaffetilchin Investment Partners, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 7.8k $320.7k | New |
| MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.07% of their portfolio | 7.5k $306.5k | Unchanged |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.3k $300.2k | Reduced -940 |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 7.3k $297.0k | Reduced -4.2k |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.1k $291.1k | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1k $290.0k | Reduced -649 |
| Corton Capital Inc. 0.71% of their portfolio | 7.1k $289.4k | Reduced -6.9k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $281.5k | New |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $280.9k | First filing |
| Voleon Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.6k $269.9k | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.5k $267.3k | New |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.5k $265.7k | Added +2.7k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.4k $263.5k | New |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.4k $259.6k | New |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 6.3k $259.4k | New |
| Entropy Technologies, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.7k $234.5k | Reduced -13.4k |