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Core Laboratories Inc.

CLB Energy Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Core Laboratories Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $526.5 million, up 0.51% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−1.82%
EPS
−60.0%
Free cash flow
−76.3%
Total debt
−1.45%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

8.88 0.05 −0.56%
Market cap
$409.2M
P/E
26.4×
Fwd P/E
24.7×
Dividend yield
0.33%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.29
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
82/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.05
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — 1 — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.43%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 409.20
Revenue ttm 516.74
Net income ttm 15.64
Free cash flow ttm 10.35
Net debt Q 91.07
Valuation
P/E 26.38
Forward P/E 24.70
Price / sales 0.80
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 39.80
Price / book 1.45
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.19 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.40 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 4.33
Growth
Revenue growth Q −1.82% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −42.35% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −37.25% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +43.69% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −2.78% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +6.45%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.1×, against a ten-year median of 2.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.1× in 2026 to 8.9× in 2017.
P/E against its own 10 years 30.42%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.92%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.44%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 70.77%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
0.33%
Annual rate
0.03
Payout ratio
8.80%
Growth, 2018–26
−39.4%/yr
  1. 2.20 ’18
  2. 2.20 ’19 +0
  3. 0.28 ’20 −87
  4. 0.04 ’21 −86
  5. 0.04 ’22 +0
  6. 0.04 ’23 +0
  7. 0.04 ’24 +0
  8. 0.04 ’25 +0
  9. 0.04 ’26 +0
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 15 19 23 21
Receivables 123 122 121 127
Inventory 72 59 54 61
Other 5 11 7 6
223 221 215 225
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 34 35 37 40
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 8 8 17 18
88 102 106 103

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (4.07%) 1.56% 2.44%
Cash Flow (16.29%) (8.54%) 14.06%
Earnings (12.66%) 0.00% 15.11%
Book Value 0.00% 29.21% 12.94%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 0.17 Actual 0.16

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 0.20 0.21 Beat by 0.01
Q1 FY26 0.06 0.06 Met by 0.00
Q2 FY26 0.08 0.11 Beat by 0.03
Q3 FY26 0.17 0.16 Miss by 0.01
Q4 FY26 0.27 — Reports 3 February 2027

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.02) 0.13 0.12 — —
’25 0.00 0.22 0.30 0.11 0.68
’24 0.07 0.19 0.25 0.15 0.66
’23 0.05 0.48 0.19 0.05 0.77
’22 (0.04) 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.42
’21 0.18 0.17 0.02 0.06 0.42
’20 (2.44) (0.13) 0.07 0.30 (2.20)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 122 125 132 — —
’25 124 130 135 138 527
’24 130 131 134 129 524
’23 128 128 125 128 510
’22 115 121 126 128 490
’21 108 119 118 125 470
’20 152 116 105 114 487
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4 8 5 — —
’25 7 14 9 8 37
’24 6 17 13 21 56
’23 (3) 9 0 19 25
’22 5 1 6 13 25
’21 8 9 12 7 37
’20 22 27 21 (12) 58
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1 4 1 — —
’25 4 11 6 5 25
’24 3 14 11 17 45
’23 (5) 7 (4) 17 15
’22 3 (2) 3 13 17
’21 5 7 9 3 23
’20 19 24 19 (14) 47
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 590 648 701 668 487 470 490 510 524 527 517 (1.3%) 512 525 — (0.2%)
Gross margin, % 25.88 28.23 29.09 25.83 23.09 21.77 19.62 21.54 19.72 20.69 19.10 (5.2) pt
EBT 76 99 105 82 (91) 36 30 41 46 46 28 (5.4%)
EBT margin, % 12.86 15.32 15.02 12.27 (18.71) 7.68 6.12 8.08 8.82 8.72 5.38 (4.1) pt
Net income 64 81 80 94 (97) 20 20 37 32 30 16 (7.9%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 13.58 14.67 15.85 15.06 10.96 10.22 10.57 10.92 11.17 11.34 11.27 (2.0%)
Earnings 1.46 1.88 1.79 2.28 (2.20) 0.42 0.42 0.79 0.66 0.68 0.34 (8.1%)
Cash flow 3.03 2.81 2.53 2.02 1.30 0.80 0.54 0.53 1.20 0.80 0.54 (13.8%)
Capex (0.25) (0.42) (0.50) (0.49) (0.24) (0.29) (0.18) (0.21) (0.24) (0.25) (0.31) 0.0%
Free cash flow 2.78 2.40 2.03 1.53 1.06 0.51 0.36 0.32 0.96 0.55 0.23 (16.6%)
Book value 3.57 3.37 3.64 4.11 1.70 3.50 4.08 4.92 5.38 5.86 6.19 +5.7%
Shares, m 43 44 44 44 44 46 46 47 47 46 46 +0.7%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 83.36 59.57 33.14 16.52 0.00 51.88 46.56 22.66 26.23 25.03 26.38 36.5
P/S 8.97 7.63 3.76 2.50 2.42 2.18 1.81 1.60 1.55 1.41 0.80 3.4
P/B 34.08 33.25 16.39 9.17 15.60 6.38 4.68 3.55 3.22 2.73 1.45 12.9
EV/Sales 9.31 7.96 4.16 2.96 3.08 2.71 2.28 2.04 1.90 1.72 1.12 3.8
EV/FCF 45.43 48.74 32.46 29.09 31.76 54.38 67.26 70.42 21.92 35.80 55.85 43.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 132 124 112 90 58 37 25 25 56 37 25 (13.2%)
Capex (11) (18) (22) (22) (11) (13) (8) (10) (11) (12) (14) +0.7%
Free cash flow 121 106 90 68 47 23 17 15 45 25 10 (16.0%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 82 107 128 110 76 98 109 135 119 109 122 +3.1%
Net debt 202 213 277 294 246 171 157 148 107 88 91 (8.9%)
Shareholders’ equity 155 149 161 182 76 161 189 230 252 272 284 +6.4%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.66 14.36 12.89 14.33 (14.54) 3.43 3.36 6.30 5.36 5.08 2.63 (5.6) pt
ROIC 15.31 19.02 16.94 12.69 (14.94) 8.52 7.50 9.04 10.19 9.81 6.49 (5.5) pt
ROE 97.11 54.68 51.37 59.46 (75.77) 16.68 11.12 17.52 13.03 11.31 5.54 (85.8) pt
People
People Employees 4,400 4,600 4,700 4,300 3,700 3,700 3,600 3,600 3,500 3,300 — (3.1%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.16 — +1.9%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

Core Laboratories Inc. vs peers in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
FET Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. $775.6M 25.6× 23.0× +20.68% (above 0%: growing) n/m +40.56% (above 0%: growing) 31.42% 8.43% Compare
PUMP ProPetro Holding Corp. $738.4M 361× 1,531× +20.91% (above 0%: growing) n/m −5,380.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.10% 3.10% Compare
AESI Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. $666.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +3.15% (above 0%: growing) n/m −11,506.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.52% (14.94%) Compare
HMH HMH Holding Inc. $526.7M — — — — — 35.88% (2.83%) Compare
ACDC ProFrac Holding Corp. $493.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +26.79% (above 0%: growing) n/m +275.00% (above 0%: growing) 21.19% (6.73%) Compare
OIS Oil States International, Inc. $486.2M — (loss-making) 24.0× +2.78% (above 0%: growing) +66.67% (above 0%: growing) −69.20% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.38% 3.73% Compare
CLB Core Laboratories Inc. $409.2M 26.4× 24.7× −1.82% (below 0%: shrinking) −60.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −76.27% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.43% 9.13%
NGS Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. $344.1M 16.5× 18.6× +24.21% (above 0%: growing) −28.57% (below 0%: shrinking) +144.88% (above 0%: growing) 59.94% 19.30% Compare
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Median of peers $510.1M 23.1× 23.0× +20.91% −12.12% +33.55% 23.74% 3.42%

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