Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) vs Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK)

Core Laboratories Inc. and Flotek Industries, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Flotek Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $895.7M against $448.8M — 2.0× the size. Core Laboratories Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 22.5×. Flotek Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 36.8% against 0.35%. Flotek Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.0% vs 4.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.4% vs 8.08%). Across the 20 metrics below, Flotek Industries, Inc. leads on 11 and Core Laboratories Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 19.18 22.50 22.50
P/S 0.88 2.94 1.17
P/B 1.65 6.67 1.82
Price to free cash flow 31.39 n/m 13.72
EV/EBITDA 9.98 18.72 8.68
EV/Sales 1.20 3.10 1.34
Earnings yield 5.21% 4.44% 3.94%
Free cash flow yield 3.19% (0.48%) 5.66%

Profitability

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 19.52% 24.68% 23.26%
Operating margin 9.21% 12.82% 9.34%
Net margin 4.69% 12.97% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin 2.82% (1.40%) 5.35%
Return on equity 8.92% 37.80% 4.92%
Return on assets 4.10% 17.26% 2.37%
Return on invested capital 8.08% 13.43% 4.32%

Growth

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.35% 36.77% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.03% 147.06% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.56% 34.88% 14.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.39 0.46
Current ratio 2.12 1.78 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 1.23 1.18 0.75

Dividend

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 0.40% — 1.51%
Payout ratio 0.08 — 0.38

Size

Metric CLB FTK Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 448.75m 895.73m 1.63b

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