---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-246793"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLB"
cik: "0001958086"
company_name: "Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:50:24.695408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Labs Q3 rev $134.5M flat YoY; ex-items EPS $0.22, down 12% YoY

## Summary
- Revenue $134.5M, up 3% sequentially but flat YoY.
- GAAP EPS $0.30; ex-items EPS $0.22 (+16% seq, -12% YoY).
- Ex-items operating margins 12%, up 120 bps seq; incremental margins 48%.
- Repurchased 462,248 shares for $5.0M; net debt reduced $3.4M; leverage 1.10x.
- Quarterly dividend $0.01/sh, record Nov 3, payable Nov 24.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-246793
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLB
- cik: 0001958086
- company_name: Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312525246793/0001193125-25-246793-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312525246793/clb-20251022.htm

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