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Employees: 3,300
Size Core Laboratories (CLB) is a United States Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $405M, the 2848th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $8.84 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.7%, against +1.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 7.0% (peer median 14.3%).
Valuation It trades at 13.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.8× (6th most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.6 points below its cost of capital (9.2% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 10.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $517M | $527M | $524M | $510M | $490M |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +3% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | $83.7M | $94.3M | $88.4M | $94.0M | $78.9M |
| EBITDA | $51.1M | $63.5M | $63.6M | $69.6M | $58.0M |
| Net income | $17.7M | $29.7M | $31.4M | $36.7M | $19.5M |
| Free cash flow | $10.00M | $25.8M | $44.5M | $14.2M | $14.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $14.4M | $11.4M | $11.9M | $10.6M | $10.2M |
| Total debt | $162M | $164M | $180M | $215M | $222M |
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| Measure | CLB | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -13.0% | -10.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -32.7% | +1.2% | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -56.6% | -25.2% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.1% | +6.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 14.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.8× | 8.8× | 6th most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 11.0% | -9.1% | 2nd most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.6% | +19.6% | 2nd lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +9.4 pp | -22.6 pp | 2nd most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.6 pp | +0.8 pp | 7th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.8× | 3.6× | 2nd most expensive of 18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8× | 1.0× | most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Laboratories CLB | United States | $405M | -33% | 0% | 7% | 13.8× | 11.0% | +1.6% |
| Cavvy Energy CVVY.TO | Canada | $413M | +29% | +43% | 4% | 8.1× | 11.0% | -3.3% |
| Capricorn Energy CNE.L | United Kingdom | $397M | +29% | +34% | 42% | 21.4× | -19.1% | +218.6% |
| Shamaran Petroleum SNM.OL | Norway | $381M | n/a | -5% | 45% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Amplitude Energy AEL.AX | Australia | $368M | +8% | +7% | -10% | 8.8× | -19.1% | +16.8% |
| SandRidge Energy SD | United States | $463M | -13% | +30% | 42% | 5.9× | -12.8% | +7.0% |
| Frontera Energy FEC.TO | Canada | $344M | -52% | -52% | -3% | 3.0× | n/a | n/a |
| W&T Offshore WTI | United States | $479M | -17% | +20% | 5% | 498.4× | 3.9% | +7.7% |
| PetroTal TAL.TO | Canada | $335M | -7% | -27% | 23% | 5.1× | -17.3% | +37.6% |
| Gas Plus GSP.MI | Italy | $335M | +17% | +10% | 23% | 10.7× | -14.0% | +19.6% |
| Gran Tierra Energy GTE.TO | Canada | $333M | +11% | +7% | 4% | 309.2× | -0.6% | +22.0% |
| Prabha Energy PRABHA.NS | India | $307M | +23% | +61% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.L | United Kingdom | $557M | +1% | +6% | 8% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| VAALCO Energy EGY | United States | $566M | -4% | -25% | 9% | 18.9× | n/a | n/a |
| GeoPark GPRK | United States | $613M | +1% | -5% | 24% | 9.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Vitesse Energy VTS | United States | $623M | -17% | +11% | 12% | 42.9× | 13.4% | +21.5% |
| Obsidian Energy OBE.TO | Canada | $653M | -21% | -22% | 22% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| EnQuest ENQ.L | United Kingdom | $671M | +40% | +3% | 17% | 8.9× | -9.1% | +3.8% |
| Granite Ridge Resources GRNT | United States | $698M | +6% | +15% | 21% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Tong Petrotech 300164.SZ | China | $705M | -41% | -12% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Surge Energy SGY.TO | Canada | $730M | +7% | +3% | 27% | 6.1× | -6.3% | +20.2% |