Company Analysis

Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB)

NYSE: CLB · Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2023
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.9● Present 5.4▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Core Laboratories Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present5.440% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2023; the latest 2026-03-03.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s filings since 2023 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-03-03) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.9% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 5 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $470 million in fiscal 2021 to $527 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.9% a year; it rose in 4 of 4 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 5 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.9%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 10% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.2% a year. 22% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Core Laboratories Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 22% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05, buying about $54 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 47% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 53%: owes 53¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Core Laboratories Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 53 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 20 in its family; net margin 5.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s standing among 20 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $527 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 25% by size; a net margin of 5.6% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 2.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$527Mbottom 25% of its family
  • net margin5.6%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.4%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 44% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bruno, Lawrence (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-01-03, 2.9 years (bottom 23% of its family); most of the 11 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2024-03-27), a floor of 2.6 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 11%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 11 peopletop 11% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.9 yearsbottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 49% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $23 million against debt of $113 million leaves -15.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.9% of revenue (top 37%); a gross margin of 20.7% (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.5%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.9%top 37% of its family
  • gross margin20.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 20 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.4% a year over the last three filed years against 2.9% over all 5, slowing (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 0.5% (top 47%); capital spending grew 3.1% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Core Laboratories Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Service at $399 million (76%), Product at $127 million (24%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.4 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.5%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.1%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 38% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Core Laboratories Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $527 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% below the $542 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 31% of its family); net income of $30 million against a prior three-year average of $29 million (top 42%); a net margin of 5.6% against 5.7% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.8%top 31% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+2%top 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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