Core Laboratories (CLB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.16
- Estimate
- $0.16
- Surprise
- —
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Core Laboratories (CLB) reported adjusted EPS of $0.16, in line with the $0.16 estimate. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Hold at 5.3/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Core Laboratories Sees Q4 GAAP EPS $0.12-$0.20 vs $0.17 Est; Sees Sales $128.500M-$134.500M vs $133.317M Est — benzinga, 2026-10-28
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CLB Hold at 5.3/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
- Earnings estimates trending UP
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5)
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -6.5%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $10.49
- Price target
- $12.75
- Stop
- $9.76
- Upside to target
- +21.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.7:1
The stock trades at 20.2× trailing but 15.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CLB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
- Market cap
- $481.3M
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 20.2
- 52-week range
- $9.13–$20.36
- Off 52-week high
- 48.5%
- RSI (14)
- 55
- Volume vs avg
- 1.44×
- Score today
- 5.3/10