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
Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% 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 5.41% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -19.78%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 15.06% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Core Laboratories has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Patterson-UTI Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 2 mentions for Core Laboratories. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Core Laboratories' score of -0.04 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Core Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.10%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.82%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Core Laboratories.
Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Core Laboratories on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLB) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff