What is Core Laboratories's earnings yield?

Core Laboratories (CLB) reported earnings yield of 3.8% in Q1 2026.

How has Core Laboratories's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Core Laboratories's earnings yield decreased by 6.0% year-over-year, from 4% to 3.8%.

What is the long-term trend for Core Laboratories's earnings yield?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Core Laboratories's earnings yield has grown at a 20.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.9% to 4%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Core Laboratories CLB Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$121.8M-1.4%

Operating income$1.9M-57.3%

Net income-$789.0K-412%

EPS (diluted)-$0.02—

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$22.8M+3.2%

Total debt$167.8M-6.8%

Total equity$268.9M+6.1%

Total assets$587.7M+0.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.0M-40.5%

CapEx$3.4M+23.8%

Free cash flow$517.0K-86.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$492.77M-9.3%

Enterprise value$637.8M-7.6%

P/E17×-1.4×

P/S0.9×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin10.3%-0.2pp

Net margin5.5%+0.1pp

FCF margin4.3%-4.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.1%-0.4pp

Debt / equity0.6×-0.1×

Current ratio2×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Core Laboratories’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=3.8%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Core Laboratories’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Core Laboratories's earnings yield?: Core Laboratories (CLB) reported earnings yield of 3.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Core Laboratories's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Core Laboratories's earnings yield decreased by 6.0% year-over-year, from 4% to 3.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Core Laboratories's earnings yield?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Core Laboratories's earnings yield has grown at a 20.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.9% to 4%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.