Core Laboratories (CLB) Competitors

Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend SOC or CLB?

Sable Offshore currently has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.45%. Core Laboratories has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Sable Offshore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sable Offshore is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sable Offshore	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Core Laboratories	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOC or CLB?

Core Laboratories received 454 more outperform votes than Sable Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.22% of users gave Sable Offshore an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sable Offshore	Outperform Votes 15 65.22%	Underperform Votes 8 34.78%
Core Laboratories	Outperform Votes 469 54.28%	Underperform Votes 395 45.72%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SOC or CLB?

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 36.4% of Sable Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SOC or CLB more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Sable Offshore's net margin of 0.00%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 16.24% beat Sable Offshore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sable Offshore	N/A	-319.58%	-39.11%
Core Laboratories	5.99%	16.24%	6.82%

Which has more risk & volatility, SOC or CLB?

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SOC or CLB?

In the previous week, Sable Offshore had 9 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sable Offshore and 1 mentions for Core Laboratories. Core Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Sable Offshore's score of 0.23 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sable Offshore	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Core Laboratories	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, SOC or CLB?

Core Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sable Offshore	N/A	N/A	-$32.18M	N/A	N/A
Core Laboratories	$517.80M	1.09	$31.40M	$0.59	20.32

Summary

Core Laboratories beats Sable Offshore on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.