Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) vs ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP)

Core Laboratories Inc. and ProPetro Holding Corp. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. ProPetro Holding Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $975.2M against $448.8M — 2.2× the size. ProPetro Holding Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Core Laboratories Inc. trades at 19.2×. Core Laboratories Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.35% against −15.1%. Core Laboratories Inc. has the higher net margin (4.69% vs −1.15%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.08% vs −0.73%). Across the 19 metrics below, Core Laboratories Inc. leads on 10 and ProPetro Holding Corp. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 19.18 n/m 22.50
P/S 0.88 0.82 1.17
P/B 1.65 0.99 1.82
Price to free cash flow 31.39 n/m 13.72
EV/EBITDA 9.98 6.06 8.68
EV/Sales 1.20 0.82 1.34
Earnings yield 5.21% (1.47%) 3.94%
Free cash flow yield 3.19% (0.12%) 5.66%

Profitability

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 19.52% 22.69% 23.26%
Operating margin 9.21% (0.97%) 9.34%
Net margin 4.69% (1.15%) 4.69%
Free cash flow margin 2.82% (0.10%) 5.35%
Return on equity 8.92% (1.50%) 4.92%
Return on assets 4.10% (0.81%) 2.37%
Return on invested capital 8.08% (0.73%) 4.32%

Growth

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.35% (15.14%) 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.03% 100.60% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.56% 9.97% 14.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.82 0.46
Current ratio 2.12 4.09 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 1.23 0.15 0.75

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 448.75m 975.22m 1.63b

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