Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB)
Core Laboratories Inc. provides reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry in the United States, and internationally. It operates through Reservoir Description and Production Enhancement segments. The Reservoir Description segment includes the characterization of petroleum reservoir rock and reservoir fluid samples to enhance production and improve recovery of crude oil and natural gas from its clients' reservoirs. It offers laboratory-based analytical and field services to characterize properties of crude oil and oil delivered products; and proprietary and joint industry studies, as well as services that support carbon capture, utilization and storage, geothermal projects, and the evaluation and appraisal of mining activities. The Production Enhancement segment provides services and products relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations, production, and well abandonment. It offers integrated diagnostic services to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of well completions and to develop solutions to improve the effectiveness of enhanced oil recovery projects. The company markets and sells its products through a combination of sales representatives, technical seminars, trade shows, and print advertising, as well as through distributors. Core Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1936 and is based in Houston, Texas.
- Symbol
- CLB
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
- Market cap
- $487.75M
- 52 week range
- 9.79 - 20.36
Valuation
- Share price
- $10.63 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.44x
- Price to book
- 1.75x
- Price to free cash flow
- 32.22x
- Enterprise value
- $630.13M
- Book value per share
- $6.08
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -2.83% |
| 5 days | -13.30% |
| 1 month | -15.10% |
| 3 months | -8.68% |
| 6 months | -36.99% |
| Year to date | -33.69% |
| 1 year | -13.51% |
| 3 years | -55.93% |
| 5 years | -60.57% |
| 10 years | -89.85% |
| All time | +254.33% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 10.90%
- Return on invested capital
- 9.91%
- Return on assets
- 5.08%
- Return on capital employed
- 11.81%
- Gross margin
- 20.69%
- Net margin
- 5.63%
- EBITDA margin
- 13.51%
- Revenue growth
- 0.51%
- Net income growth
- -5.51%
- Free cash flow growth
- -41.97%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 3.10%
- Current ratio
- 2.12x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 2.27x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $526.52M
- Cost of revenue
- $417.59M
- Gross profit
- $108.93M
- EBITDA
- $71.12M
- Net income
- $29.67M
- Earnings per share
- $0.64
- Interest expense
- $10.57M
- Shares outstanding
- 46.43M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $526.52M | $108.93M | $29.67M | $0.64 |
| 2024-12-31 | $523.85M | $103.33M | $31.40M | $0.67 |
| 2023-12-31 | $509.79M | $109.83M | $36.67M | $0.79 |
| 2022-12-31 | $489.74M | $96.08M | $19.45M | $0.42 |
| 2021-12-31 | $470.25M | $45.26M | $19.73M | $0.43 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 20.69% | 5.63% | 10.90% | 9.91% |
| 2024-12-31 | 19.72% | 5.99% | 12.44% | 10.77% |
| 2023-12-31 | 21.54% | 7.19% | 16.34% | 11.88% |
| 2022-12-31 | 19.62% | 3.97% | 10.60% | 8.00% |
| 2021-12-31 | 9.63% | 4.19% | 12.25% | 20.50% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $22.70M | $110.25M |
| 2024-12-31 | $19.16M | $126.11M |
| 2023-12-31 | $15.12M | $163.13M |
| 2022-12-31 | $15.43M | $172.39M |
| 2021-12-31 | $17.70M | - |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $25.82M | $7.14M |
| 2024-12-31 | $44.50M | $3.75M |
| 2023-12-31 | $14.21M | $13.97M |
| 2022-12-31 | $14.74M | $7.76M |
| 2021-12-31 | $23.04M | $19.09M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-08-10
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $0.04
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-08-10 | $0.01 |
| 2026-05-11 | $0.01 |
| 2026-02-13 | $0.01 |
| 2025-11-03 | $0.01 |
| 2025-08-04 | $0.01 |
| 2025-05-05 | $0.01 |
| 2025-02-10 | $0.01 |
| 2024-11-04 | $0.01 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-10-28
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $0.17
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Jun/2026 | $0.08 |
| 2026-04-29 | - | - |
| 2026-02-04 | - | - |
| 2025-10-22 | - | - |
| 2025-07-23 | - | - |
| 2025-04-23 | - | - |
| 2025-01-29 | - | - |
| 2024-11-06 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- corelab.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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