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Core Laboratories (CLB) guidance and outlook
Core Laboratories (CLB) gave its guidance on Oct 28, 2026: Operating income $5.1M–$8.3M for Q4 2026; Operating margin 10% for Q4 2026; EPS $0.12–$0.20 for Q4 2026; Tax rate 25% for Q4 2026. Core Laboratories' 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 makes 17 forward-looking statements.
Guidance and outlook
Latest guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income | Q4 2026 | $5.1M–$8.3M | new |
| Operating margin | Q4 2026 | 10% | new |
| EPS | Q4 2026 | $0.12–$0.20 | new |
| Tax rate | Q4 2026 | 25% | new |
From the earnings release filed Oct 28, 2026 (8-K on EDGAR).
Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026
- In addition, we assist clients in evaluating subsurface targets associated with carbon capture and sequestration projects or initiatives.
- In addition, we provide reservoir description capabilities that support various activities associated with energy transition projects, including services that support carbon capture, utilization and storage, geothermal projects, and the evaluation and appraisal of mining activities around lithium and other elements necessary for energy storage.
- We provide integrated diagnostic services to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of well completions and to develop solutions aimed at increasing the effectiveness of enhanced oil recovery projects.
- Certain statements contained in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section, including those under the headings “Outlook” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources”, and in other parts of this Quarterly Report, are forward-looking.
- The decline in trading and maritime transport of crude oil has directly impacted, and is expected to continue to impact, demand for the Company’s associated laboratory assay services.
- The Company believes that activity levels associated with smaller-scale, short-cycle crude oil development projects will be more sensitive to a decrease and/or continued volatility of crude-oil prices.
- As such, we expect changes in crude oil prices will marginally improve drilling and completion activity levels in the U.S. onshore market which could directly affect demand for our well completion services and products.
- Outside the U.S., large-scale international oil and gas projects are expected to be more resilient to the near-term volatility of crude-oil prices, and the Company anticipates client projects will continue to be executed as planned, unless directly impacted by the conflicts mentioned above.
- In the U.S., we are involved in projects in many of the onshore unconventional basins and offshore projects in the Gulf of America and Alaska.
- Outside the U.S., we continue to work on both small and large-scale projects analyzing rock, reservoir fluids, and crude oil and derived products and sell perforating systems and well diagnostic services in every major producing region of the world.
- Additionally, some of our major international clients continue to invest in carbon capture and sequestration projects.
- The Company expects increasing client activity levels in the coming years focused both on expanding oil and gas reserves and improving production volumes.
Core Laboratories' latest quarter
Core Laboratories, Q3 2026: revenue $132M (-2% year over year), operating margin 9.1%, net earnings $5.4M, operating cash flow $5.0M. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Questions
Did Core Laboratories raise or lower its guidance?
Core Laboratories (CLB) gave its guidance on Oct 28, 2026: Operating income $5.1M–$8.3M for Q4 2026; Operating margin 10% for Q4 2026; EPS $0.12–$0.20 for Q4 2026; Tax rate 25% for Q4 2026.
What does Core Laboratories expect?
In addition, we assist clients in evaluating subsurface targets associated with carbon capture and sequestration projects or initiatives. In addition, we provide reservoir description capabilities that support various activities associated with energy transition projects, including services that support carbon capture, utilization and storage, geothermal projects, and the evaluation and appraisal of mining activities around lithium and other elements necessary for energy storage. We provide integrated diagnostic services to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of well completions and to deve
Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.