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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Core Laboratories on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLB) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
