Core Laboratories (CLB) Competitors

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RIG or CLB?

67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RIG or CLB?

Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transocean	$3.52B	0.54	-$954M	-$0.73	-2.96
Core Laboratories	$523.85M	1.10	$31.40M	$0.66	18.64

Does the media prefer RIG or CLB?

In the previous week, Transocean had 11 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Transocean and 6 mentions for Core Laboratories. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Core Laboratories' score of 0.26 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Core Laboratories	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RIG or CLB a better dividend stock?

Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 27.8%. Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Transocean pays out -82.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Core Laboratories pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Transocean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIG or CLB?

Transocean received 455 more outperform votes than Core Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.41% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote while only 51.51% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.51%	Underperform Votes 870 48.49%
Core Laboratories	Outperform Votes 469 54.41%	Underperform Votes 393 45.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or CLB?

Transocean has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RIG or CLB?

Transocean presently has a consensus price target of $4.59, indicating a potential upside of 112.45%. Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.05%. Given Transocean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Transocean is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Core Laboratories	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Is RIG or CLB more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 16.24% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
Core Laboratories	5.99%	16.24%	6.82%

Summary

Transocean beats Core Laboratories on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.