CLB vs. PTEN, HAL, NBR, NOV, OII, OIS, PUMP, RES, SLB, and WHD
Should you be buying Core Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Laboratories include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Oil States International (OIS), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), Schlumberger (SLB), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Core Laboratories vs. Its Competitors
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 33.90%. Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Core Laboratories.
Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI 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 2 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Core Laboratories and 1 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Core Laboratories' score of 0.55 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Core Laboratories pays out 6.5% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 14.15% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy and Core Laboratories tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLB) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
