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 $738.4M against $409.2M — 1.8× the size. Core Laboratories Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.4× against 361×. Core Laboratories Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.15% against −6.04%. Core Laboratories Inc. has the higher net margin (3.01% vs 0.16%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.49% vs 0.34%). Across the 20 metrics below, Core Laboratories Inc. leads on 11 and ProPetro Holding Corp. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 26.38 360.84 20.53
P/S 0.80 0.60 1.08
P/B 1.45 0.75 1.64
Price to free cash flow 39.80 n/m 12.36
EV/EBITDA 10.72 4.76 8.00
EV/Sales 1.12 0.69 1.29
Earnings yield 3.79% 0.28% 3.88%
Free cash flow yield 2.51% (10.26%) 5.18%

Profitability

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 19.10% 23.86% 22.88%
Operating margin 7.53% 0.48% 7.44%
Net margin 3.01% 0.16% 4.12%
Free cash flow margin 2.00% (6.18%) 3.10%
Return on equity 5.54% 0.22% 5.46%
Return on assets 2.63% 0.12% 2.63%
Return on invested capital 6.49% 0.34% 4.26%

Growth

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.15%) (6.04%) 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.03% 100.60% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.56% 9.97% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.40 0.86 0.44
Current ratio 2.19 3.49 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 1.23 0.15 1.12

Dividend

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 0.33% — 1.49%
Payout ratio 0.09 — 0.36

Size

Metric CLB PUMP Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 409.20m 738.41m 1.44b

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