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CLB vs. LBRT, BKV, MNR, SDRL, TALO, KRP, ARIS, DMLP, HPK, and CLMT

Should you be buying Core Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Laboratories include Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), Seadrill (SDRL), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Core Laboratories vs.

Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Core Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.61%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $17.55, indicating a potential upside of 50.77%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Core Laboratories
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Core Laboratories received 108 more outperform votes than Liberty Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Core LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
469
54.28%
Underperform Votes
395
45.72%
Liberty EnergyOutperform Votes
361
62.46%
Underperform Votes
217
37.54%

97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Core Laboratories. Liberty Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Core Laboratories$517.80M0.99$31.40M$0.5918.47
Liberty Energy$4.22B0.45$316.01M$1.517.71

In the previous week, Core Laboratories had 5 more articles in the media than Liberty Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Core Laboratories and 7 mentions for Liberty Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Core Laboratories' score of -0.09 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Core Laboratories
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Liberty Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Liberty Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Liberty Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Liberty Energy has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Core Laboratories' net margin of 5.99%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 16.24% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Core Laboratories5.99% 16.24% 6.82%
Liberty Energy 7.32%14.28%8.60%

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Core Laboratories on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CLB vs. The Competition

MetricCore LaboratoriesOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$511.03M$3.19B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.34%3.36%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.5221.7353.7634.53
Price / Sales0.990.8124,457.0434.83
Price / Cash14.297.4435.5017.51
Price / Book1.981.143.544.69
Net Income$31.40M$288.76M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.31%-2.17%-1.13%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-9.87%4.18%5.76%6.27%
1 Year Performance-39.88%-17.30%178.62%5.78%

Core Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLB
Core Laboratories
3.0607 of 5 stars
$10.90
-2.0%
$15.00
+37.6%
-40.9%$511.03M$517.80M16.523,600Analyst Revision
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.843 of 5 stars
$12.71
+5.1%
$18.05
+42.1%
-49.9%$2.06B$4.22B6.794,580Positive News
BKV
BKV
1.5757 of 5 stars
$21.81
+6.5%
$27.88
+27.8%
N/A$1.85B$604.53M0.00356Insider Trade
MNR
Mach Natural Resources
4.959 of 5 stars
$14.29
+2.4%
$24.00
+67.9%
N/A$1.69B$969.63M8.93N/AGap Down
SDRL
Seadrill
4.1512 of 5 stars
$24.59
+2.7%
$55.20
+124.5%
-55.0%$1.53B$1.39B4.283,220Positive News
TALO
Talos Energy
3.8512 of 5 stars
$8.42
+4.0%
$14.38
+70.7%
-32.8%$1.50B$2.06B15.59440Positive News
Gap Up
KRP
Kimbell Royalty Partners
4.2938 of 5 stars
$13.55
+2.8%
$17.40
+28.5%
-21.5%$1.45B$310.65M26.5630Positive News
ARIS
Aris Water Solutions
3.1281 of 5 stars
$23.78
+10.4%
$26.00
+9.3%
+56.6%$1.39B$452.53M29.73150Gap Up
DMLP
Dorchester Minerals
2.1502 of 5 stars
$28.08
+0.6%
N/A-11.1%$1.33B$173.71M13.2530News Coverage
HPK
HighPeak Energy
3.5051 of 5 stars
$9.94
+8.8%
$11.50
+15.7%
-38.2%$1.25B$1.07B7.8330Gap Up
CLMT
Calumet Specialty Products Partners
2.3713 of 5 stars
$13.12
+6.5%
$19.60
+49.4%
-8.4%$1.13B$4.19B-4.751,580

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This page (NYSE:CLB) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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