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Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/ (CLB)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/

Core Laboratories Inc. provides reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company analyzes reservoir rocks and fluids to help clients evaluate and improve reservoir performance and increase oil and gas recovery. It serves major, national, and independent oil companies through a global network of offices and manufactures laboratory equipment for reservoir analysis.

Snapshot

Revenue
$526.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.5%
Net income
$29.7M
Diluted EPS
$0.63
Gross margin
20.7%
Operating margin
10.7%
Net margin
5.6%
FCF margin
4.9%
ROE
10.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
23.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$567.1M
Long-term debt / equity
0.41×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/

  • Revenue grew 0.5% to $527M in FY2025, slower than the 2.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 10.7% in FY2025, +1.1 pp against 9.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $125M, down 4.3% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $26M in FY2025, 4.9% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 5.5% to $30M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/’s fundamentals sit among the 125 Energy companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin20.7%
40th percentile of 43
Operating margin10.7%
57th percentile of 104
Net margin5.6%
51st percentile of 120
FCF margin4.9%
51st percentile of 69
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%
48th percentile of 122
ROE10.9%
67th percentile of 100
P/E23.8×
69th percentile of 85
Long-term debt / equity0.41×
49th percentile of 83
Short interest7.24d
84th percentile of 123

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $53,900 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
2
1 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$8.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$4.3M371.6KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.9M248.1KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$755,02664.8KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$168,92514.5KReduced

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$54K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-31
filed 2026-08-04
Bruno LawrenceChairman and CEOBuy5.0K$10.78$54K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+1.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
7.24
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
587.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-144.3M+1.5%7.24
2026-07-314.2M+4.2%5.02
2026-07-154.0M-32.6%2.49
2026-06-306.0M+7.8%5.78
2026-06-155.5M-3.0%9.58
2026-05-295.7M+12.7%11.21
2026-05-155.1M+2.6%9.18
2026-04-304.9M+15.9%10.58

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$526.5M$523.8M$509.8M$489.7M$470.3M
Gross profit$108.9M$103.3M$109.8M$96.1M
Operating income$56.5M$58.6M$54.6M$41.5M$45.3M
Net income$29.7M$31.4M$36.7M$19.5M$19.7M
Diluted EPS$0.63$0.66$0.77$0.42$0.42

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$22.7M$19.2M$15.1M$15.4M$17.7M
Current assets$214.7M$221.3M$223.1M$211.7M
Total assets$584.0M$585.1M$586.4M$578.4M$580.9M
Current liabilities$106.0M$102.4M$88.1M$103.1M
Long-term debt$110.3M$126.1M$163.1M$172.4M
Total liabilities$311.8M$332.8M$362.0M$394.8M$419.9M
Total equity$272.2M$252.3M$224.4M$183.5M$161.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$37.0M$56.4M$24.8M$25.0M$36.6M
Capital expenditure$11.2M$11.9M$10.6M$10.2M$13.5M
Free cash flow$25.8M$44.5M$14.2M$14.7M$23.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$124.6M-4.3%$6.0M$0.13
Q1 FY2026$121.8M-1.4%$-789,000$-0.02
Q4 FY2025$138.3M7.0%$4.9M$0.11
Q3 FY2025$134.5M0.1%$14.2M$0.30
Q2 FY2025$130.2M-0.3%$10.6M$0.22
Q1 FY2025$123.6M-4.7%$-154,000$0.00
Q4 FY2024$129.2M0.8%$7.4M$0.16
Q3 FY2024$134.4M7.2%$11.7M$0.25

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorEnergy
SIC industryOil & Gas Field Services, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2023
SEC CIK1958086

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-23
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10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-05-01
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10-Q2025-10-23
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8-K2026-08-25
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8-K2026-07-29
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8-K2026-05-13
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8-K2026-04-29
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.