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Core Laboratories N.V. CLB

$9.92 +1.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $457.3M

Weak trendHigh risk

Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. At 17.7× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. The stock is 50% below its highest close of the past year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth16Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 46%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 27%
Quality20Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
  • Gross marginBottom 27%
  • Operating marginBottom 39%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 22%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%
  • Interest coverTop 48%
Value78Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 40%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 39%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 48%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 3%
Momentum10Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
  • 6-month returnBottom 7%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 12%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions71Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 32%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 6%
Stability16Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 32%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 11%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)1.3%0.3%↓
EPS growth (YoY)8.9%-10.6%↓
Gross margin16.7%18.1%↑
Operating margin10.4%9.3%↓
FCF margin7.6%2.1%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)0.3%1.3%↓Bottom 28%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-10.6%8.9%↓Bottom 39%
Gross margin18.1%16.7%↑Bottom 27%
Operating margin9.3%10.4%↓Bottom 39%
Net margin4.7%5.7%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin2.1%7.6%↓—
Return on invested capital6.5%—Bottom 48%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR2.4%—Top 46%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.16×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.6%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-9.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.27×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
4.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.40%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
3.14%
Shareholder yield
3.54%
Share count change, 1 year
-1.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+13.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.6%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$21.00
Target vs current price
+111.7%
Analysts with a rating
37
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
43%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 29, 2026+26.6%-7.7%+5.0%+12.8%—
Apr 29, 2026+0.0%+3.2%-15.1%-16.4%-30.4%
Feb 4, 2026+9.8%-0.2%-5.1%-15.8%-25.4%
Oct 22, 2025+15.8%+6.1%+36.8%+27.2%+61.4%
Jul 23, 2025+5.6%+7.2%-1.6%-11.4%+0.8%
Apr 23, 2025-6.7%-3.0%-5.8%-8.0%-8.4%
Jan 29, 2025-4.3%+0.1%-7.0%-19.1%-37.3%
Oct 23, 2024+8.7%-1.0%+13.0%+14.8%+17.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 29, 2026$0.11$0.09+26.6%$124.6M
Apr 29, 2026$0.06$0.06+0.0%$121.8M
Feb 4, 2026$0.21$0.19+9.8%$138.3M
Oct 22, 2025$0.22$0.19+15.8%$134.5M
Jul 23, 2025$0.19$0.18+5.6%$130.2M
Apr 23, 2025$0.14$0.15-6.7%$123.6M
Jan 29, 2025$0.22$0.23-4.3%$129.2M
Oct 23, 2024$0.25$0.23+8.7%$134.4M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)17.7×29.6×0thTop 40%
P/E (forward)20.6×———
EV / EBITDA9.6×——Bottom 48%
EV / Sales1.16×——Top 22%
Free-cash-flow yield2.35%——Bottom 39%
Earnings yield5.65%——Top 40%

P/E over the past five years

Range 18.5× – 125.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-21.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-10.6%
Change in P/E multiple
-1.3%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-3.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-14.3%
Distance from 200-day average
-32.0%
RSI (14)
25.1
Relative volume
1.05×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
41.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
20th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.23
Correlation with S&P 500
0.31
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-49.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-60.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 10, 2021Sep 30, 2026-79.9%1332 daysNot yet recovered
Mar 10, 2021Apr 20, 2021-36.6%28 days28 days (May 28, 2021)
Dec 10, 2020Dec 18, 2020-16.4%6 days10 days (Jan 5, 2021)
Oct 8, 2020Oct 28, 2020-16.2%14 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)
Sep 28, 2020Oct 1, 2020-10.7%3 days4 days (Oct 7, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$457.3M
P/E (TTM)
17.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.56
Revenue (TTM)
$519.2M
Dividend yield
0.40%
52-week range
$9.63 – $20.36
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$470.3M$489.7M$509.8M$523.8M$526.5M
Gross profit$83.8M$78.9M$94.0M$88.4M$94.3M
Operating income$45.3M$41.5M$54.6M$58.6M$50.5M
Net income$19.7M$19.5M$36.7M$31.4M$29.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.42$0.42$0.77$0.66$0.68
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$134.4M$129.2M$123.6M$130.2M$134.5M$138.3M$121.8M$124.6M
Net income$11.7M$7.4M-$154,000$10.6M$14.2M$4.9M-$789,000$6.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.25$0.16-$0.00$0.22$0.30$0.15-$0.02$0.13
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$36.6M$25.0M$24.8M$56.4M$37.0M
Capital expenditure-$13.5M-$10.2M-$10.6M-$13.0M-$14.7M
Free cash flow$23.0M$14.7M$14.2M$43.4M$22.3M
Dividends paid-$1.8M-$1.9M-$1.9M-$1.9M-$1.9M
Net share buybacks$51.7M-$3.9M-$2.2M-$5.3M-$12.4M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$22.7M
Total assets
$586.8M
Total liabilities
$308.0M
Total debt
$165.1M
Net debt
$142.4M
Shareholders’ equity
$272.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 10, 2026$0.01Aug 31, 2026
May 11, 2026$0.01Jun 1, 2026
Feb 13, 2026$0.01Mar 9, 2026
Nov 3, 2025$0.01Nov 24, 2025
Aug 4, 2025$0.01Aug 25, 2025
May 5, 2025$0.01May 27, 2025
Feb 10, 2025$0.01Mar 3, 2025
Nov 4, 2024$0.01Nov 25, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
4,382,706
Days to cover
10.24
Change vs previous report
+7.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jul 9, 2010
2-for-1
Dec 22, 1997
2-for-1