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Core Laboratories Inc.

EnergyMining
Ticker CLBHOUSTON, TXFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $5.93Diluted shares 46.9M

Core Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: CLB) provides reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry, serving major, national and independent oil companies. Its services and technologies help clients characterize reservoir rocks and fluids, assess well completions, and improve… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Core Laboratories Inc. reported revenue of $516.74M, down 0.1% from a year earlier, and net income of $15.64M. Its operating margin was 7.5%, and operations generated $24.69M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $526.52M, up 0.5% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $30.39M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$526.52MFY2025
+0.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $516.74M
10.72%FY2025
−0.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 7.53%
$30.39MFY2025
−5.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $15.64M
11.15%FY2025
−1.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 5.60%
Cash & financing
$37.03MFY2025
−34.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $24.69M
$22.44MFY2025
−48.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $6.67M
0.41FY2025
Was 0.50× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.40
47.0MFY2025
−1.4% year over year
Last 12 mo 46.9M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Core Laboratories Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Core Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: CLB) provides reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry, serving major, national and independent oil companies. Its services and technologies help clients characterize reservoir rocks and fluids, assess well completions, and improve hydrocarbon recovery; it also supports carbon capture and sequestration, geothermal, and other subsurface projects. The company operates through two segments: Reservoir Description, which analyzes rock and fluid properties and supplies related laboratory equipment, and Production Enhancement, which provides completion diagnostics, perforating technologies and products, and services for production and well abandonment. Services represented 76% of revenue and product sales 24% in 2025. Core Laboratories reported revenue of $526.5 million for fiscal 2025 and had approximately 3,300 employees and more than 70 offices in over 50 countries at year-end. Its technologies and digital platforms include NITRO services, RAPID database, CONNECT data tools, and World Wide Rock Catalog. Established in 1936, the company completed its redomestication as a Delaware corporation in 2023. Its website is https://www.corelab.com.

Company details
Sector
Energy
Industry (SIC)
Mining
Headquarters
HOUSTON, TX
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1958086
SIC
1389

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2023–2025 · USD
$-52.65M$105.30M$263.26M$421.22M$579.17M202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Core Laboratories Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

215
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$314.76M
held by funds, at market
55.4%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Core Laboratories Inc.’s weight in each

Ariel Fund
ARGFX · Ariel Investment Trust
2.60%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
HASCX · HARBOR FUNDS
—of fund net assets
Ariel Appreciation Fund
CAAPX · Ariel Investment Trust
1.73%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.02%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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