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Core Laboratories Inc

Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

$10.40

-0.86%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

55

of 100 · stored research reading

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Fundamental Momentum

Deteriorating

35

of 100 · stored research reading

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Capital Returns

Weak

42

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 42 of 100, recorded as weak. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 0.1% a year in the stored window.

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Price / earnings
19.5

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What this company does

Core Laboratories Inc. is a Delaware corporation. We were established in 1936 and are one of the world’s leading providers of proprietary and patented reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry, primarily through client relationships with many of the world’s major, national and independent oil companies. These services and products can enable our clients to evaluate and improve reservoir performance and increase oil and gas recovery from their new and existing fields. We make measurements on reservoir rocks, reservoir fluids (crude oil, natural gas and water) and their derived products. In addition, we assist clients in evaluating subsurface targets associated with Carbon Capture and Sequestration ("CCS") projects or initiatives. We have over 70 offices in more than 50 countries and have approximately 3,300 employees.

On May 1, 2023, Core Laboratories N.V. completed its previously announced redomestication transaction (the "Redomestication Transaction"), which through a series of steps, resulted in the merger of Core Laboratories N.V., a holding company in the Netherlands, with and into Core Laboratories Luxembourg S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with Core Laboratories Luxembourg S.A. surviving, and subsequently the migration of Core Laboratories Luxembourg S.A. out of Luxembourg and its domestication as Core Laboratories Inc., a Delaware corporation. See Note 1 - Description of Business of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

References to "Core Laboratories", "Core Lab", "the Company", "we", "our", "us" and similar phrases are used throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this "Form 10-K") and relate collectively to Core Laboratories Inc. and its consolidated affiliates.

Our business strategy is to provide advanced technologies that improve reservoir performance by (i) continuing the development of proprietary technologies through client-driven research and development, (ii) expanding the services and products offered throughout our global network of offices and (iii) acquiring complementary technologies that add key technologies or market presence and enhance existing services and products.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed March 23, 2026. Read the filing

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